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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8682987" data-attributes="member: 29398">We've used a vaguely-similar system* for 40 years now and our number-crunching shows the front-liners are roughly just as mortal as everyone else.&nbsp; I fail to see how giving all characters, in effect, a few more hit points screws over anyone.* - body-fatigue points: BP are rolled once ever, on a small die the size of which varies by species; most PCs have 2-5 BP and that number is locked in pretty much for life.&nbsp; FP are the normal hit points you get from levelling, and go on top of BP.&nbsp; BP are harder to cure or rest back than are FP.&nbsp; Death is at -10 and the 0 to -9 range is also BP.&nbsp; BP are all meat, FP are mostly non-meat with a small meat component to allow poison weapons etc. to work as intended.Edit to add:Yes I'm fully in favour of a WP/VP or BP/FP system as long as the number of WP or BP is kept a) small and b) never changes through a character's career.&nbsp; [USER=6796468]@Steampunkette[/USER] hits on a pretty damn good 5e-based compromise idea upthread.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 8682987, member: 29398"] We've used a vaguely-similar system* for 40 years now and our number-crunching shows the front-liners are roughly just as mortal as everyone else. I fail to see how giving all characters, in effect, a few more hit points screws over anyone. * - body-fatigue points: BP are rolled once ever, on a small die the size of which varies by species; most PCs have 2-5 BP and that number is locked in pretty much for life. FP are the normal hit points you get from levelling, and go on top of BP. BP are harder to cure or rest back than are FP. Death is at -10 and the 0 to -9 range is also BP. BP are all meat, FP are mostly non-meat with a small meat component to allow poison weapons etc. to work as intended. Edit to add: Yes I'm fully in favour of a WP/VP or BP/FP system as long as the number of WP or BP is kept a) small and b) never changes through a character's career. [USER=6796468]@Steampunkette[/USER] hits on a pretty damn good 5e-based compromise idea upthread. [/QUOTE]

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