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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 8189229" data-attributes="member: 82106">I suppose that is possible, though I'm not sure where any such play style would be coming from. Yes, there were a FEW AD&D monsters that might be considered 'bags of hit points', but they all did humongous damage at the very least, and usually had other attributes like very large sizes and vast strength. Most of them at least had a couple nasty surprises they could pull. Probably the most vanilla 'bag of hit points' monster in 1E is a T. Rex, 18HD, and its only special is to swallow you on an 18+, but it can deliver up to 52 points of damage in one round, most of it in one vicious 5-40 point (5d8) bite. It is fast too, and being 50 feet long (and presumably massing 20 or so tons and having giant-class strength, though none of this is spelled out) it would be quite a nasty opponent. I wouldn't expect such creatures to be too challenging though, as spell casters should be able to deal with them pretty efficiently (no MR, exceedingly stupid, etc.). Point being, I don't think 'attrition' has been much of a model, though specific tactical situations might have made it a tactic at times.</blockquote>