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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Neonchameleon" data-source="post: 6066273" data-attributes="member: 87792">And mine runs in line with my belief.  If Theatre of the Mind is what you want then I agree repositioning people makes it a challenge.And that combat role is somehow more complex than a 3.X Batman Wizard?  But nevertheless the combat rules are simple and the applications fiddly - which is precisely what I was saying.When I want Realism I play GURPS.  Not a game in which someone can take a crossbow bolt at point blank range and survive without any significant penalties - or one in which the original designer described <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?328837-Gygax-on-Realism-in-Game-Design" target="_blank">the banner of realism as the refuge of scoundrels</a>.  D&D has to me always been trying to be a cinematic game and the hit point system makes this screamingly obvious.  On the other hand 4e has narrative consistency which is a different matter entirely.  I expect Indiana Jones to be larger than life and to take a ridiculous amount of punishment - he is not "realistic".</blockquote>