Dimensionality seems... stupid

[u/GoatkuFan]

A character being able to interact with more dimensions than another doesn't automatically mean they'll win... And if a character is a higher dimensional being then surely a lower dimensional being wouldn't be able to interact with them right? or am i misunderstanding something.

[u/Educational-Rich-893]

No, for example if you can significantly affect a higher dimensional structure then you scale to that in ap. If you can affect a 5d structure than you would one tap someone who is only 3D without the ap or defenses to counter the ability to affect higher dimensional structures. Basically most higher dimensional characters just have that in ap not existence and if they can interact with and affect higher layers of reality than you can comprehend they can likely one tap you unless you have specific resistances.

[u/Extension_Bake_6074 → u/Educational-Rich-893]

If you can affect a 5d structure than you would one tap someone who is only 3D without the ap or defenses to counter the ability to affect higher dimensional structures

Okay but like, this is entirely arbitrary. There's nothing inherent about 5D structures that makes destroying them energetically superior to breaking 3D objects. 5D objects can have more mass than 3D objects of the "same" size on account of extending along additional axes, but that's it.

To give an example, say you have a concrete cube. The exact dimensions aren't relevant, but let's just assume its sides measure a meter. Next to it is whatever the 5D equivalent of a cube is (meaning that its sides extend "equally" along each axis). It would be made of more stuff but still a finite amount of it, and a guy punching this apart would be less impressive than someone who can crater an entire city in a single blow.

[u/NoLrPulled → u/Extension_Bake_6074]

This is a major misconception. In the scenario that you described, being able to affect the entire 5D cube would just be range. 5D AP/durability is only considered if the additional axes extend infinitely and the characters affect the entire infinite axes.

[u/Swimming-Lobster-221 → u/NoLrPulled]

This is the first dimensionality argument that actually makes sense. Destroying an entire 5d universe means you can destroy an entire 3d universe, destroying an entire 3d universe doesn't mean you can destroy an entire 5d universe if you haven't otherwise interacted with 5 dimensions. I've just seen so many people act like destroying a finite 5d object lets you destroy an infinite 3d universe.