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Message: <blockquote data-quote="1Mac" data-source="post: 5117965" data-attributes="member: 48998">I'm no gaming historian, but I was never claiming total originality. My claim was much more narrow, that you can have less bookkeeping than conventional hit points while maintaining their utility.I may be misunderstanding you, but I don't think this is analogous to what I'm talking about. You seem to be suggesting a choice between 10 hit-units and 50 hit-units, with one hit-unit in both cases being representative of the same amount of damage. The latter system grants a character 5 times the staying power, so of course it would be preferred.I'm talking about 10 hit-units doing the work of 50 hit points. Each would grant players the same level of survivability, but the former requires less bookkeeping, since it requires a smaller number to work with.</blockquote>