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<blockquote data-quote="Shiroiken" data-source="post: 8267654" data-attributes="member: 6775477">Everyone knows that Gandalf was only a 5th level AD&amp;D Magic-User!Personally I try to keep the mechanics in mind when considering the aspects of the world. Not every world is equal, as Dalamar the Dark, Highmage of the Conclave can attest after his meetings with Mordenkinen and Elminster. Yeah, stormtroopers got a bad rap, mostly thanks to a single actor. When the stromtroopers on the Death Star bust into the communications room with R2 and 3PO, one of the actors bumps his helmet on the way in. Since the helmets didn't actually fit right (you couldn't see out them if worn properly), he didn't even notice. No one did, until it was released and he looked comical. This was then followed by the stormtroopers &quot;missing&quot; everyone when they were supposed to escape, and so they became a joke. So much so that in the home release of the movie, they added a &quot;konk&quot; sound when he hits his &quot;head&quot;. Everyone forgets Obi-Wan pointed out that &quot;only imperial stormtroopers are that precise&quot; at the jawa slaughter.As for their armor... there's a webshow called Because Science that goes into it. Likely they're just designed to deal with simple attacks, like claws or knives from local thugs. Spending too much on replaceable soldiers isn't cost effective.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shiroiken, post: 8267654, member: 6775477"] Everyone knows that Gandalf was only a 5th level AD&D Magic-User! Personally I try to keep the mechanics in mind when considering the aspects of the world. Not every world is equal, as Dalamar the Dark, Highmage of the Conclave can attest after his meetings with Mordenkinen and Elminster. Yeah, stormtroopers got a bad rap, mostly thanks to a single actor. When the stromtroopers on the Death Star bust into the communications room with R2 and 3PO, one of the actors bumps his helmet on the way in. Since the helmets didn't actually fit right (you couldn't see out them if worn properly), he didn't even notice. No one did, until it was released and he looked comical. This was then followed by the stormtroopers "missing" everyone when they were supposed to escape, and so they became a joke. So much so that in the home release of the movie, they added a "konk" sound when he hits his "head". Everyone forgets Obi-Wan pointed out that "only imperial stormtroopers are that precise" at the jawa slaughter. As for their armor... there's a webshow called Because Science that goes into it. Likely they're just designed to deal with simple attacks, like claws or knives from local thugs. Spending too much on replaceable soldiers isn't cost effective. [/QUOTE]

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