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<blockquote data-quote="Celtavian" data-source="post: 6661850" data-attributes="member: 5834">I guess I look at hit points as more abstract than you do. If a person even has 1 hit point, they are nearly at full ability. Once they reach zero hit points in my mind, they are so fatigued and worn down that they can't avoid a killing blow any longer. Prior to that, they are good to go. I view Second Wind as a adrenaline boost. I tend to use the source of the hit point recovery to determine the fiction behind the healing. Second Wind is an adrenaline boost. Magical healing heals nicks, cuts, bruises, and revitalizes muscles. Vampire Touch drains life. It is mostly cosmetic. I can understand why you prefer it the way you do. Mechanically temporary hit points might have fit Second Wind better. Given how you use Second Wind, it would have had the same effect. Though it might have been pretty powerful to be able to stack on temporary hit points at the start of a fight as a sort of buffer.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celtavian, post: 6661850, member: 5834"] I guess I look at hit points as more abstract than you do. If a person even has 1 hit point, they are nearly at full ability. Once they reach zero hit points in my mind, they are so fatigued and worn down that they can't avoid a killing blow any longer. Prior to that, they are good to go. I view Second Wind as a adrenaline boost. I tend to use the source of the hit point recovery to determine the fiction behind the healing. Second Wind is an adrenaline boost. Magical healing heals nicks, cuts, bruises, and revitalizes muscles. Vampire Touch drains life. It is mostly cosmetic. I can understand why you prefer it the way you do. Mechanically temporary hit points might have fit Second Wind better. Given how you use Second Wind, it would have had the same effect. Though it might have been pretty powerful to be able to stack on temporary hit points at the start of a fight as a sort of buffer. [/QUOTE]

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