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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 6662362" data-attributes="member: 22779"><p>Kinda sorta.</p><p></p><p>We have lots of these stories because these stories are not the norm. Selection bias and all that. For every guy that pushes on after being wounded, you have a number (and I don't know that number) of wounded soldiers that stop fighting. Sure, that soldier might (ahem) soldier on after being wounded. How about doing that in every single battle he fights in? How many soldiers have a purple heart for every single engagement they participated in?</p><p></p><p>Because that's what you're expecting from a PC. Being dropped down to single digit HP isn't exactly rare for a fighter PC. Might not be every fight, but, it's certainly more than once in the lifetime of the character. </p><p></p><p>Plus, since HP don't represent what kind of wound a PC takes, we have no idea how wounded the PC is, ever. Never a broken bone from a mace hit, never concussed from a blow to the head, eyes never gouged out by a dagger, that kind of thing. It's all pretty abstract.</p><p></p><p>So, if we agree that HP are abstractions, does that mean there would be less resistance to the idea of damage on a miss now? </p><p></p><p>*runs and hides*</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 6662362, member: 22779"] Kinda sorta. We have lots of these stories because these stories are not the norm. Selection bias and all that. For every guy that pushes on after being wounded, you have a number (and I don't know that number) of wounded soldiers that stop fighting. Sure, that soldier might (ahem) soldier on after being wounded. How about doing that in every single battle he fights in? How many soldiers have a purple heart for every single engagement they participated in? Because that's what you're expecting from a PC. Being dropped down to single digit HP isn't exactly rare for a fighter PC. Might not be every fight, but, it's certainly more than once in the lifetime of the character. Plus, since HP don't represent what kind of wound a PC takes, we have no idea how wounded the PC is, ever. Never a broken bone from a mace hit, never concussed from a blow to the head, eyes never gouged out by a dagger, that kind of thing. It's all pretty abstract. So, if we agree that HP are abstractions, does that mean there would be less resistance to the idea of damage on a miss now? *runs and hides* [/QUOTE]
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