Re: Metagaming...
Posted: Sun May 02, 2004 7:28 pm
A few points:
the caster is a druid, not a cleric
It's a she, not a he,
And the druid has known the monk in question for almost 10 year game time now.
Not that you could divine any of that from my post, just wanted to clear that up.
As for fast, since Fireball spell doesn't exist in real life, then I can't test myself against it. However, since I have trouble dodging stationary objects when I walk by them, I can assume that a fireball would toast me real good if it existed in real life. Therefore, if a druid offered to flame strike whil I was in melee, I'd say "Hey, watch it, dude!". I can assume that since I'm very clumsy and pretty slow, that anything that relies on me dodging out of the way won't work out.
However, I do know I have a high pain tolerance, and a good immune system from being exposed to human wastes for two years now. I know that I can handle most pain, which leads me to do things. Like the time I knocked myself unconscious by hammering my head on a brick wall. I didn't look at some fictitious character sheet and say "Oh, I have 17 con and toughness, I can survive this, let's do it!". I was just trying to impress someone. (As it was, I was wrong, I just ended up knocking myself out for a few minutes, after I woke up, my wife smacked me for doing something that stupid. Word of advice: Don't headbutt brick walls to impress people, it actually ahs the opposite effect.)
Either way, I consider that the same thing. I "knew" I could do that without too much bad things happening. (I was wrong, but at the tme, it seemed like a good idea.) Same thing with the monk. Now, one of these days, he just may get burned, but that has yet to happen, I have never seen that monk fail a reflex save at any time in the 4 years or so I've been playing 3rd edition.
the caster is a druid, not a cleric
It's a she, not a he,
And the druid has known the monk in question for almost 10 year game time now.
Not that you could divine any of that from my post, just wanted to clear that up.
As for fast, since Fireball spell doesn't exist in real life, then I can't test myself against it. However, since I have trouble dodging stationary objects when I walk by them, I can assume that a fireball would toast me real good if it existed in real life. Therefore, if a druid offered to flame strike whil I was in melee, I'd say "Hey, watch it, dude!". I can assume that since I'm very clumsy and pretty slow, that anything that relies on me dodging out of the way won't work out.
However, I do know I have a high pain tolerance, and a good immune system from being exposed to human wastes for two years now. I know that I can handle most pain, which leads me to do things. Like the time I knocked myself unconscious by hammering my head on a brick wall. I didn't look at some fictitious character sheet and say "Oh, I have 17 con and toughness, I can survive this, let's do it!". I was just trying to impress someone. (As it was, I was wrong, I just ended up knocking myself out for a few minutes, after I woke up, my wife smacked me for doing something that stupid. Word of advice: Don't headbutt brick walls to impress people, it actually ahs the opposite effect.)
Either way, I consider that the same thing. I "knew" I could do that without too much bad things happening. (I was wrong, but at the tme, it seemed like a good idea.) Same thing with the monk. Now, one of these days, he just may get burned, but that has yet to happen, I have never seen that monk fail a reflex save at any time in the 4 years or so I've been playing 3rd edition.