But what does that have to do with physics? I know some people that know next to nothing about physics, and yet they would not expect anyone to make such a jump. Hell, before modern physics, and even before aristotle and the pre-socratics people had some clue about what is and is not possible to do.
I am talking about physics as a science, and honestly, the theories we are currently employing are not really compatible stylistically and thematically with DnD. Even Newtonian mechanics isn’t, the world(s) of DnD have wizards who do science and I would say they are mostly inspired by the pre-modern physics and philosophy than anything, so why ruin the atmosphere with modern physics?
But what does that have to do with physics? I know some people that know next to nothing about physics, and yet they would not expect anyone to make such a jump. Hell, before modern physics, and even before aristotle and the pre-socratics people had some clue about what is and is not possible to do.
I am talking about physics as a science, and honestly, the theories we are currently employing are not really compatible stylistically and thematically with DnD. Even Newtonian mechanics isn’t, the world(s) of DnD have wizards who do science and I would say they are mostly inspired by the pre-modern physics and philosophy than anything, so why ruin the atmosphere with modern physics?
The player’s plan uses physics, just not correctly. That’s why it wouldn’t work. And neither is this back and forth argument.