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<blockquote data-quote="FitzTheRuke" data-source="post: 8003995" data-attributes="member: 59816"><p>I follow what you're saying and I disagree, but for a different reason than all the "but.. fantasy!" arguments.</p><p></p><p>1) If the Kaiju is so big that it's skin is 36" thick, then doing a 30" cut might cause that last 6" to TEAR UNDER ITS OWN WEIGHT. If we're trying to put things like physics back into our fantasy, then (leaving out that they couldn't even exist that big) I imagine that any disruption of their structure could result in a catastrophic failure.</p><p></p><p>2) Who says that an attack with a sword in D&D has to represent a single strike? You see in fantasy movies all the time, the beheading of a hydra or chopping off a tentacle where the swordsman does one hack to halfway through and a second hack to get the rest of the way through. Even if you want to say that a single attack is one swing, what about a crit? What about extra attack? Can the swordsman hack the same wound? Why not?</p><p></p><p>I like my physics to be as real as reasonable in my D&D too, within reason, but I have long since stopped worrying about killing Kaiju. If it's HP can hit zero, you can kill it.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: Didn't read far enough to notice that people grew tired of this subject. Sorry!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FitzTheRuke, post: 8003995, member: 59816"] I follow what you're saying and I disagree, but for a different reason than all the "but.. fantasy!" arguments. 1) If the Kaiju is so big that it's skin is 36" thick, then doing a 30" cut might cause that last 6" to TEAR UNDER ITS OWN WEIGHT. If we're trying to put things like physics back into our fantasy, then (leaving out that they couldn't even exist that big) I imagine that any disruption of their structure could result in a catastrophic failure. 2) Who says that an attack with a sword in D&D has to represent a single strike? You see in fantasy movies all the time, the beheading of a hydra or chopping off a tentacle where the swordsman does one hack to halfway through and a second hack to get the rest of the way through. Even if you want to say that a single attack is one swing, what about a crit? What about extra attack? Can the swordsman hack the same wound? Why not? I like my physics to be as real as reasonable in my D&D too, within reason, but I have long since stopped worrying about killing Kaiju. If it's HP can hit zero, you can kill it. EDIT: Didn't read far enough to notice that people grew tired of this subject. Sorry! [/QUOTE]
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