D&D Monster Study Proves Eyes Have It 196
sciencehabit writes with this excerpt from Science: "The dungeon is pitch black — until the dungeon master blazes a torch, confirming your worst fears. A Beholder monster lurches at you, its eyeballs wriggling on tentacular stems. As you prepare to wield your Vorpal sword, where do you focus your gaze: at the monster's head or at its tentacle eyes? Such a quandary from the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons may seem like a meaningless trifle, but it holds within it the answer to a tricky scientific question: Do people focus their gaze on another person's eyes or on the center of the head? In fact, a father-son team has used D&D monsters to show that most people will look to another creature's eyes, even if they're not attached to a head."
But... (Score:4, Informative)
But the head IS a giant eye.
Re:But... (Score:2, Informative)
And a vorpal sword is going to be terrible against a beholder. The natural 20 auto-kill bonus is going to be useless. A regular +5 sword is going to be considerably more effective.
Re:Basic martial arts. (Score:4, Informative)
Always look at your opponents eyes, (if they're not highly skilled) they will usually look at an area before making a move in that direction.
Please mod this down. Looking at your opponents eyes is the last thing you want to do. Nor do you want to stare at a weapon, or at their chest as someone else posted. You want to see all of the opponent, and not focus at any one particular place. If anything, you want to fix your gaze slightly past the opponent. Then any movement, be it head, foot, hand, can be seen equally. Just watch UFC if you disagree. See that kind of glassy unfocused look in their eyes? That's what you want.
Re:Boobies (Score:4, Informative)
"I hate looking at people's eyes (probably aspergers) s"
STFU.