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Related to combo points, in an amazing boardgame Yomi, there's a combo system where moves link into each other (they are labeled as A...

Fate would be one such system, there it's possible to inflict consequence aspects (wounds) bypassing stress (HP). Also Dark Heresy...

Both you and the previous commentor were not talking about HP, but random damage which is a different concept IMO. In general HP are a...

Hit points are a good mechanic. But Healing Surges added on? That combo is a great mechanic. Because now you can have your cake and eat...

I'm using a single deck (I briefly considered individual decks, but there's just not enough "rolls" per session to justify that --...

I don't see how either of these has anything to do with HP. Even the sponginess aside, both are out of combat situations, and I don't...

I mean there's annoying kind of complexity, where rolls have a lot of different small modifiers that constantly change. Oh, you are on a...

A While Ago I posted about how I thought Chromatic Orb May Be Good and Fireball was a C tier spell. Alot of this is due to hit point...

That opinion might be unpopular for brand new players mesmerized by a giant pile of dice falling on the table, but anyone who's ever...

I'm reminded of complaints about another system "all the classes are basically the same"...

@loverdrive Funny enough, this actually connects to another thread here recently about what exactly constitutes a “hit” in RPG combat...

I am on board with inflicting long-term debuffs on drop 0, especially if there's a nice way to visualize it on the table. Like, the main...

Narratively, hit points are the devil. You can get crit for half your hit point total, but mechanically you're fine. Sure, we can...

So basically, if you were a rogue, the best options were a rapier, or a more rapier-y rapier. That's part of what threw me into this...