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<blockquote data-quote="Don Durito" data-source="post: 7964792" data-attributes="member: 6687260">Yes it's important to consider what you want to incentivise.A -2 to defences tends make characters step up and blow thing quickly (because running away just got more dangerous if opportunity attacks are involved).A minus to attacks is more likely to encourage withdrawl and healing.&nbsp; (Although a -2 too may not be strong enough- you'd probably want disadvantage on attack rolls if that was the goal).I tend to think this would work best if it was about change in affordances and not just numbers although I'm not really sure what that would involve.That said, thinking about numbers, perhaps something like bloodied creatures have the crit range against them increased by one (or two).&nbsp; That compared with lower hitpoints would make the characters feel the tension.&nbsp; But as Garthanos suggested upthread you'd want players there to be some way to take advantage of this as well.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Don Durito, post: 7964792, member: 6687260"] Yes it's important to consider what you want to incentivise. A -2 to defences tends make characters step up and blow thing quickly (because running away just got more dangerous if opportunity attacks are involved). A minus to attacks is more likely to encourage withdrawl and healing. (Although a -2 too may not be strong enough- you'd probably want disadvantage on attack rolls if that was the goal). I tend to think this would work best if it was about change in affordances and not just numbers although I'm not really sure what that would involve. That said, thinking about numbers, perhaps something like bloodied creatures have the crit range against them increased by one (or two). That compared with lower hitpoints would make the characters feel the tension. But as Garthanos suggested upthread you'd want players there to be some way to take advantage of this as well. [/QUOTE]

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