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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Desh-Rae-Halra" data-source="post: 6050432" data-attributes="member: 81852">When I read this thread title I had an immediate response, and I think 3cat covered it to some degree.Sometimes "realism" takes a heroic-story element out of the game. I remember playing a game of...I think it was Phoenix Command? A tactical roleplay game. I didnt want to be on the roof next to the person so I took the stairs down to go join with the rest of the party. By the time I made it down the stairs (really maybe 6 or 7 rounds), the whole combat was over. The firefight was over quickly (as I imagine one would be IRL, with bullets and grenades flying). It was "realistic", but not fun (particularly since the 6-7 rounds took almost 2 hours to play out, with all the "realistic" charts of bullet trajectory, wind, ad nauseum). Every round on my action I got to say "I make it down another couple stairs". How thrilling!Also, have you ever played in a campaign that was "realistic" to the point that your GM keeps track of when your character has to go to the bathroom? Realistic, but not fun.I probably make the weirdest characters in our group, but its on the premise that this will be fun, and yet wont spoil it for anyone else. I'd frankly rather play a humanoid alien with a rapid fire shotgun that has a telescopic/spring loaded Halberd underneath, with my glowing illuminati runic tachyon-sizzling adamantium-spandex armor with katana-sized blades sticking out of it than play another 2 hours of "I'm taking the stairs for the length of the adventure/roll to see what percent your bladder is full while you sit in traffic".</blockquote>

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