Yes, because not every victim is a normal, mortal, young adult human being.
And I copped to that when I said "there are genres of fiction (notably comic books) where such things are entirely surviveable by characters with the right powers". Even then, there are lots of hazards that are (or should be) fairly instant death to most living things in a setting, barring the effect of supernatural resistance (which falls under the aforementioned genre).
I still don't think, for example, it's necessary to know the precise damage of being immersed in lava in a "vanilla real world" game.
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Date: 2008-02-12 04:01 am (UTC)And I copped to that when I said "there are genres of fiction (notably comic books) where such things are entirely surviveable by characters with the right powers". Even then, there are lots of hazards that are (or should be) fairly instant death to most living things in a setting, barring the effect of supernatural resistance (which falls under the aforementioned genre).
I still don't think, for example, it's necessary to know the precise damage of being immersed in lava in a "vanilla real world" game.