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Because a lot of people in discussions are like a dog with a bone sometimes. I'm not even excluding myself here.

As I've said before, nobody is purely one type of gamer. We all switch between those three gamer types--and probably others not covered...

Sure. You just seemed like you were acting like the saves alone would do the work. Of course for the most part, people emulating most...

As I asked earlier, how do you keep track of degree of injury and healing after the fact then? There are non-hit-point models that can...

I've said essentially that probably approaching half a dozen times across this thread now, yet it always circles back to assuming binary...

Fair enough. I disagree, but I see your point. I think focussing solely on bad DMs makes it too easy to conflate people who are...

I've been posting here for 25 years. Those caveats never, ever go without saying. Ever. :)

Wasn't the hit points derived from Body though? So in practice it was just a difference in terms of whether already extent damage...

People understand a lot of hyperbole. Doesn't make it a bit less ridiculous. Especially from someone who's complained about other...

I'm fairly sure one version had both.

I don't think they do it either. Its a term that can apply to an in-game character's ability to do that sort of thing (and I know of a...

With how often I post while out and about, autocorrect, sometimes it just has to happen.

Mine's pretty similar to yours; I'll usually add the additional thought following an "Edit:" note.

Eh. Matter of degree in my experience.

My sister was in the US Navy, aviation, and when she saw Coop hop in the ship at the end of the movie to rescue Brand she said, "I can...