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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dragonblade" data-source="post: 3998997" data-attributes="member: 2804">Hi Dalvyn and Darkwolf,I thought your posts were interesting and in many circumstances I would agree with you guys. I too like the rules of the game to be able to match the narrative. See my thread on Per Encounter power recharging.However, in the case of hit points I have to agree with Chris that abstracting them is best. Having hit points represent pure physical damage lends itself well to grittier systems but for D&D which is very heroic cinematic fantasy, I don't think it works well.You could easily come up with an alternative two tiered system akin to the Wound/Vitality system we originally had for SW and that might work for your game without excessive rule mods.Keep all rules generally as is but give PCs an extra pool of Wound points equal to their Con score. When they run out of Vitality they take Wound damage. There is no more such thing as negative hitpoints or death's door. A character with 0 wound points is dead.Otherwise the damage system functions identically to the current rules and just think HP = Vitality. Vitality represents near misses, luck, etc. Wound damage is actual physical damage.Wound damage heals at 1 point per day with rest and care, or heals at 1 pt per die of actual healing spell/ritual cast. In battle, morale-based healing such as a Leader character's healing surge powers heal Vitality but not Wound damage.The system may need to be tweaked and fleshed out since I haven't seen the 4e rules yet, but this should meet your need to have a damage system that represents real physical damage.</blockquote>

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