D&D 4E 4e Hitpoints are modelled after quantum mechanics

[AverageCitizen]

And frankly, if I have to switch to 4E I'm describing ALL damage as Morale Damage from then on.

Giggle. Morale damage.

GM: The Orc hits you with his sword.

Player: What happens?

GM: It depresses you.

Player: Dangit.

 

[Ktulu]

So, what you're saying is rather than dumbing down the math for 4e, they've actually smartened it up to the point that only Stephen Hawking & Einstein can play?

Hah, that'll quell the "dumbed down" crowd.

I for one, welcome our mutant-cat overlords

 

[small pumpkin man]

Nothing's quite as awful as the eternal ennui of 250 degrees Celcius Red Dragon Breath

 

[Zimri]

4E hp are like electrons ..... We know where some of em is and the rest of em was.

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_122.html

 

[MaelStorm]

Nice parallel, it make a lot of sense.

 

[Acid_crash]

I tried to understand QP and failed miserably (I mean, FFS, the cat is either dead or alive no matter who is looking; damn you Schroedinger!) so someone who understands will have to answer me this:
Can even QP explain 1-1-1-1 movement?

Watch the movie "What the Bleep Do We Know?" if you don't understand physics. Greatest movie ever, if you enjoy philosophy and science and life itself...

And now that I here the arguement that HP itself is just a quantum physics situation, I don't have the problem I once did with HP.

 

[warlockwannabe]

I always like the Horrible Death Check from KAMB, I might implement it into 4e... even if you save, you get a check! Bwahahah!

 

[Merlin the Tuna]

Fittingly enough, I both love and hate you for making this thread. Schroedinger's cat rides (or doesn't) again.

 

[Dragonblade]

Fittingly enough, I both love and hate you for making this thread. Schroedinger's cat rides (or doesn't) again.

 

[Dragonblade]

So, what you're saying is rather than dumbing down the math for 4e, they've actually smartened it up to the point that only Stephen Hawking & Einstein can play?

Indeed.

Further food for thought. Are hitpoints particles, or waves? Or ten-dimensional vibrating cosmic strings?

Hmm, does Brian Greene play D&D?