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<blockquote data-quote="Ferrum" data-source="post: 3696466" data-attributes="member: 33089"><p>And how could these be domesticated? How could they drive a cart made of wood without shaking it to pieces? Who would allow them to walk through town with fire blasting from their hooves? </p><p></p><p>If owlbears were the norm and bears didn't exist, it would seriously increase the danger of living in the wilderness. More so if all terran animals were replaced with dire versions, feindish versions or one that spit acid, breath fire, or shoot lasers from their eyes. </p><p></p><p>Humanoids in D&D were balanced against their world seemingly with the consideration that for the most part they won't face any magical beasts except as an extreme rarity. If all Rats could fly and had a venomous bite, cities would have to spend huge amounts in pest control. If there were fish with razor blades for fins, fishermen wouldn't be able to use nets to catch anything.</p><p></p><p>If I entered a fantasy setting where the local farmer had a horse whose hooves crashed with the sound of thunder, leaving cinders in its wake as it trod along at 100mph, and I was a 1st level fighter, I'd have a hard time believing my skills were special, or that I'd have a better chance removing the orc menace than the kid next door who trained his family's temporal traveling houscat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ferrum, post: 3696466, member: 33089"] And how could these be domesticated? How could they drive a cart made of wood without shaking it to pieces? Who would allow them to walk through town with fire blasting from their hooves? If owlbears were the norm and bears didn't exist, it would seriously increase the danger of living in the wilderness. More so if all terran animals were replaced with dire versions, feindish versions or one that spit acid, breath fire, or shoot lasers from their eyes. Humanoids in D&D were balanced against their world seemingly with the consideration that for the most part they won't face any magical beasts except as an extreme rarity. If all Rats could fly and had a venomous bite, cities would have to spend huge amounts in pest control. If there were fish with razor blades for fins, fishermen wouldn't be able to use nets to catch anything. If I entered a fantasy setting where the local farmer had a horse whose hooves crashed with the sound of thunder, leaving cinders in its wake as it trod along at 100mph, and I was a 1st level fighter, I'd have a hard time believing my skills were special, or that I'd have a better chance removing the orc menace than the kid next door who trained his family's temporal traveling houscat. [/QUOTE]
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