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<blockquote data-quote="PolterGhost" data-source="post: 5278321" data-attributes="member: 92697">A couple things:Unless you are low level to begin with, no, a single punch shouldn't knock you out.&nbsp; Why?&nbsp; Because the characters are already better than 80% of the world's people.&nbsp; You've got the hp to turn any would-be fatal blow into a glancing strike that scratches your armor or cuts a hole in your cloak.&nbsp; When you're attacked from behind and you never knew the blow was coming, your hp is representing your adventuring senses (a 'sixth' sense, perhaps) kicking in and helping you narrowly avoid the sword that almost pierced through your neck and out your armpit.In this bar situation, if the other guy is just a regular brawler with a Warrior1 or 2 class, unless the elf in question was under level 5 or was a magic-user there's really no way to get knocked out by that.&nbsp; Even stupid characters can 'get in the zone' and use their extra hp to narrowly dodge an attack that normally would have floored them.Really though, if you wanted to just do it for a bit of friendly roleplay then the elf in question (or his player, anyways) is just a dolt who can't accept a bit of lighthearted fun and instead wants the numbers to do everything for him.&nbsp; In my personal choice, I'd have made up stats on the fly and just start up a bar brawl if the player wanted to complain, so really your choice is just whatever you make of it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PolterGhost, post: 5278321, member: 92697"] A couple things: Unless you are low level to begin with, no, a single punch shouldn't knock you out. Why? Because the characters are already better than 80% of the world's people. You've got the hp to turn any would-be fatal blow into a glancing strike that scratches your armor or cuts a hole in your cloak. When you're attacked from behind and you never knew the blow was coming, your hp is representing your adventuring senses (a 'sixth' sense, perhaps) kicking in and helping you narrowly avoid the sword that almost pierced through your neck and out your armpit. In this bar situation, if the other guy is just a regular brawler with a Warrior1 or 2 class, unless the elf in question was under level 5 or was a magic-user there's really no way to get knocked out by that. Even stupid characters can 'get in the zone' and use their extra hp to narrowly dodge an attack that normally would have floored them. Really though, if you wanted to just do it for a bit of friendly roleplay then the elf in question (or his player, anyways) is just a dolt who can't accept a bit of lighthearted fun and instead wants the numbers to do everything for him. In my personal choice, I'd have made up stats on the fly and just start up a bar brawl if the player wanted to complain, so really your choice is just whatever you make of it. [/QUOTE]

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