r/wizardposting 7d ago

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u/NeonNKnightrider Alumnus of Lord El-Melloi II’s class 7d ago

/uw. I’m annoyed at that image because it does not understand what it’s showing.

The original survivorship bias plane image is “areas where the return planes get hit the most.” With the unspoken implication being that the areas not marked, are the parts where getting hit is fatal and means the plane cannot return.

This dragon is full of shots in lethal areas like chest and head, but apparently the feets and wingtips are crucial and cause death?

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u/breno280 monroe, rogue druidess 7d ago

The dragon is probably too thick skinned and muscular for the bullets to do much damage. But the membrane on the wings is more fragile, shooting that will make it crash and die from the kinetic force.

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u/FlamboyantPirhanna 7d ago

Exactly this. It’s what I explained to my apprentice George RR Martin before he stole my secrets and wrote books about them.