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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 9217217" data-attributes="member: 2209">I think that a dual nature is fairly inherent in hp by level.A sword blow hit that kills a man at arms does not kill a hero. Sir Lancelot takes as many hits of the same damage to kill as a giant. Lancelot cannot take the same level of physical injury as a giant, even though it takes the same number of mechanical hits and damage to kill them both.This has been there since chainmail. It is there mechanically in every edition of D&D.HP damage does not equal straight physical injury from static damage hits. To be physical damage only a 6 hp hit can only be determined to be a major or a minor blow in context of how many hp the target has. If you are striking a high hp giant they can physically absorb a heavy 6 hp blow which is not a big deal to such a big creature and it would take multiple heavy blows to fell them. For a high hp warrior it can only be a comparatively small scratch. Whether this is because that is how it coincidentally happens every time or because this is a representation of skill or whatever that is worn down by fatigue of dealing with such hits, the hit and damage means a different narration than it would for the giant to get to the same effect of hp percentage. It also means the narration of the same hit and damage on a man at arms is wildly different.</blockquote>