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<blockquote data-quote="Fanaelialae" data-source="post: 8028163" data-attributes="member: 53980">I disagree that the rule is silly. I think it does a reasonable job of modeling the fiction it is based on (where significant characters rarely die from falls). Despite falling many times without dying in various stories, I don't recall Conan ever leaping off a mountain because he was too lazy to climb down.I don't think that a high level character would consider themselves or other high level characters invincible. While it would almost certainly never happen within the context of a game (because it wouldn't be much fun) I think that a 20th level barbarian could lose his balance while standing on a stool, crack his head, and bleed out. A high level character likely does have significant confidence. They've survived many dangers by that point that should reasonably have killed them. If desperate circumstances dictate that they need to dive off a 1000' waterfall, then they will, trusting to their skills and luck/fate. However, that's completely different from jumping off that cliff because they believe there's no possibility of death. In the former case, it is a calculated risk performed out of necessity. The latter is frivolous and arrogant, and heroes who behave thusly are typically forsaken by fate.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fanaelialae, post: 8028163, member: 53980"] I disagree that the rule is silly. I think it does a reasonable job of modeling the fiction it is based on (where significant characters rarely die from falls). Despite falling many times without dying in various stories, I don't recall Conan ever leaping off a mountain because he was too lazy to climb down. I don't think that a high level character would consider themselves or other high level characters invincible. While it would almost certainly never happen within the context of a game (because it wouldn't be much fun) I think that a 20th level barbarian could lose his balance while standing on a stool, crack his head, and bleed out. A high level character likely does have significant confidence. They've survived many dangers by that point that should reasonably have killed them. If desperate circumstances dictate that they need to dive off a 1000' waterfall, then they will, trusting to their skills and luck/fate. However, that's completely different from jumping off that cliff because they believe there's no possibility of death. In the former case, it is a calculated risk performed out of necessity. The latter is frivolous and arrogant, and heroes who behave thusly are typically forsaken by fate. [/QUOTE]

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