Killing a dragon with physics

[Braininthejar]

Sometime ago, someone here posted a topic about how knowledge of physics can be used to break the game with magic.

The discussion contained an example of someone killing a dragon by synchronising the vibrations of its particles until they propelled it into the ground at Mach 10.

I have been looking around the forums, but can't find it. Does anyone still remember where to find the original article?

[oslecamo]

Ah, I really love the old "arbitarly apply real world physics whenever convenient, then stop using them when it's not convenient anymore, and only on ways it benefits casters". Let me ask you:

-Why would the dragon take extra damage from being moved at mach 10 when a warrior that charges at mach 10 deals the same damage than a warrior moving at normal speed?
-Who says the dragon is composed of particles at all? Things in D&D are explicitly composed of combinations of the four elements (water, fire, earth, air) or even condensed philosophies. Heck, the dragon is already defying physics by spontaneously developing magic abilities and, you know, breathing fire/acid/cold/electricity/whatever out of nowhere.

[Braininthejar]

I don't need it for a game. A friend of mine is writing a fanfic and he has a villain that we need a superpower for. He can mess with physics, but can't do antigravity - we need a roundabout way to give him telekinesis.

[oslecamo]

You can't have it both ways and still call it physics. Either the dragon is following a specific set of rules, in which case you can make up whatever you want (particularly on a fanfic), or the dragon literally colapses over itself because the rules of physics already make dragons impossible.

[Braininthejar]

Well, the fanfic isn't D&D. And that alternative power is antithetic to magic - pumping enough into a dragon would disrupt his natural magic to the point that the physics Would make him collapse.

Back to the original question: does anyone still have that link?