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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 6060077" data-attributes="member: 177">Or, to put it more simply - realism is lame because reality is lame.I've a friend who is an engineer in real life.&nbsp; He plays the best darned mad scientist in my Deadlands game, in part because it allows him to do all the things he'd want to do, but cannot, because the Universe simply doesn't work that way.&nbsp; The player generalized this into something he called the &quot;Too Cool Rule&quot;.&nbsp; The Too Cool Rule simply states that a lot of things don't happen in the real world simply because there's a limited amount of Coolness in the universe, and having the things would just be too cool to be allowed.&nbsp; It isn't that these things break the laws of physics, but the laws of physics are created to enforce this more fundamental rule.&nbsp; Rocket packs and flying cars?&nbsp; Too cool.&nbsp; Mutant powers and laser eyebeams? Too cool.&nbsp; Aliens from another planet coming to visit us?&nbsp; Way, way too cool.Heck, in our universe, even getting into a fistfight over a matter of principle is apt to end up with a trip to the hospital and weeks of painful healing (and maybe an aggravated assault charge). So, I can understand why some folks don't want a whole lot of realism.&nbsp; Realism isn't terribly consistent with the action, adventure, and dire decisions that must be made in a hero or heroine's life.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 6060077, member: 177"] Or, to put it more simply - realism is lame because reality is lame. I've a friend who is an engineer in real life. He plays the best darned mad scientist in my Deadlands game, in part because it allows him to do all the things he'd want to do, but cannot, because the Universe simply doesn't work that way. The player generalized this into something he called the "Too Cool Rule". The Too Cool Rule simply states that a lot of things don't happen in the real world simply because there's a limited amount of Coolness in the universe, and having the things would just be too cool to be allowed. It isn't that these things break the laws of physics, but the laws of physics are created to enforce this more fundamental rule. Rocket packs and flying cars? Too cool. Mutant powers and laser eyebeams? Too cool. Aliens from another planet coming to visit us? Way, way too cool. Heck, in our universe, even getting into a fistfight over a matter of principle is apt to end up with a trip to the hospital and weeks of painful healing (and maybe an aggravated assault charge). So, I can understand why some folks don't want a whole lot of realism. Realism isn't terribly consistent with the action, adventure, and dire decisions that must be made in a hero or heroine's life. [/QUOTE]

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