• dragonshouter@ttrpg.network
    29·
    4 months ago

    Funny meme but I think people( and DnD) fail to realize how dangerous a sling is. Just a regular one can cave in metal, let alone human bone.

    • SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world
      13·
      4 months ago

      Plus it didn’t kill Goliath but stunned him. David then cut his head off.

      So, you know, those who fall by the sling die by the sword

    • phdepressed@sh.itjust.works
      10·
      4 months ago

      I mean dnd also puts literal daggers at 1d4. Combat systems in general fall apart if you consider reality too much. Like I killed a bunch of monsters so now I hit better makes sense. I killed a bunch of monsters so now I have more health doesn’t.

        • PyroNeurosis
          4·
          4 months ago

          See, I interpret that as being: you now know what kills people, so you are better at avoiding it.

          • Kayana@ttrpg.network
            3·
            4 months ago

            That could work too, but for many people, being able to dodge/avoid hits is exclusively the DEX bonus to AC, and they believe it doesn’t have to do anything with hit points.

            I’m on two minds about that: On the one hand, it’s true that you’re far better at dodging in lighter (or no) armor. OTOH, I agree with you that experience teaches you to decide where you’re going to get hit if at all. So it might be something like “raise your arm so the strike doesn’t hit your belly”.

    • rumschlumpel@feddit.org
      5·
      4 months ago

      Most weapons can kill in one hit IRL if used right. In D&D, 1d4 is both the damage of a sling shot bullet and the HP of a commoner.

      • Archpawn@lemmy.world
        3·
        4 months ago

        A commoner has 1d8 hitpoints. In 3.5 their hit die was d4, but it wasn’t clear how many levels the average commoner had.

    • smeg@feddit.ukEnglish
      6·
      4 months ago

      It’s a demotivational poster, way older than Facebook. It belongs in a museum!

  • Drunemeton@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    4 months ago

    Naw…

    I’m pretty sure, as far as we’re aware, that the meteor that caused the K–Pg Extinction Event was the first Nat. 20. (Taking out Goliath has nothing on taking out most of life on Earth, including the dinosaurs…)

  • s12@sopuli.xyz
    6·
    4 months ago

    Actually, I think that’s a misconception.

    I think it was more “staying out of melee” than “Nat 20”.

    Would have still looked legendary to the people though.

    Goliath was the one who would have hardly stood a chance.

    (Source: My friend who did history)

  • katy ✨
    3·
    4 months ago

    the garden of eden was the first nat 1 arcana check