Maxperson
Morkus from Orkus
Sure. Not usually hits, I know that... nonetheless a veteran Pc knows he can stand a lot of rounds, enemies, fights, before receiving harm. Or do the players pretend their Pc to be afraid as if they could die instantly?
Just because he has done so in the past, does not mean he will always do so in the future. Let me ask you this. If you described an NPC as going to stab a PC with 100 hit points and the player announced he was just going to stand still and let the NPC stab him in the throat with a longsword, would you just do a d8 damage or a 2d8 crit? Or would you knock the PC to 0 as described above for a direct hit?