Alternative names for "Hit Points"
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weem
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I might call it the "Survival" or something...
Player is swung at and "hit" (say roll was 13), i might say, "you side-step to avoid his swing, but stagger into an awkward position lowering your Survival by ['DMG' ROLLED]"
Mix in actual hit descriptions here and there if the roll is much higher - like above 15 for example.
/shrug
Player is swung at and "hit" (say roll was 13), i might say, "you side-step to avoid his swing, but stagger into an awkward position lowering your Survival by ['DMG' ROLLED]"
Mix in actual hit descriptions here and there if the roll is much higher - like above 15 for example.
/shrug
Moogleproof
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Hit Points is a soundly established name that has gone a long way, so I don't really see a reason to change it just for the sake of change. If and when I come across other names in other systems, fine, I have no trouble, sometimes the names do give a different feel to the game, but usually if there is someone who isn't familiar with the system and its vocabulary, you need to tell them "That's the Hit Points."
I actually remember the first time I saw the term Hit Points written down somewhere. I don't remember what manual it was, but I do remember that first I didn't get what on earth it meant (I was pretty young...), then after a while I deduced the function, and then I laughed at it, hit points, what a funny name.... In less than a week I was using it like there was never been another term for it ever. And I don't know why but HP sounds really nice to me (my regards to Hewlett-Packard btw).
Nevertheless, I had to vote for ka as well! Perhaps I should use for my upcoming game a single hit point total for the entire party and call it ka-tet! (It would never fly, though, since only one of the players is familiar with the term, and they'd seriously complain about the lack of realism and meta-game the donkey out of it).
I don't know who suggested ka for a substitute, but they should be given a medal.
I want my Dark Tower RPG.
I actually remember the first time I saw the term Hit Points written down somewhere. I don't remember what manual it was, but I do remember that first I didn't get what on earth it meant (I was pretty young...), then after a while I deduced the function, and then I laughed at it, hit points, what a funny name.... In less than a week I was using it like there was never been another term for it ever. And I don't know why but HP sounds really nice to me (my regards to Hewlett-Packard btw).
Nevertheless, I had to vote for ka as well! Perhaps I should use for my upcoming game a single hit point total for the entire party and call it ka-tet! (It would never fly, though, since only one of the players is familiar with the term, and they'd seriously complain about the lack of realism and meta-game the donkey out of it).
I don't know who suggested ka for a substitute, but they should be given a medal.
I want my Dark Tower RPG.
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Its been hit points since forever and is now part of the cultural landscape. We all know roughly what it means. Renaming it with no actual mechanical change would generate a lot of smoke and heat but very little light and if you change the mechanics surrounding it then are you still playing D&D?
Moogleproof
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A medal you shall receive nevertheless, albeit not a physical one.
And now that you mention it, I might've read where ka had been taken from, a foreword perhaps, but clearly if I have, I had also forgot about it.
Thank you, for I am now one word wiser.
Olgar Shiverstone
Legend
I call them ... Tim?
Theo R Cwithin
I cast "Baconstorm!"
I prefer "scratches", or perhaps "flesh wounds".
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[sblock]It's just a flesh wound!
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