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<blockquote data-quote="The Crimson Binome" data-source="post: 6290616" data-attributes="member: 6775031">That doesn't follow at all from the topic at hand. Nobody is talking about whether the mechanic is realistic, only whether it's objective. As unrealistic as you may find it, it's still an objective fact that - as a result of complex physics and in-game happenings - the result of one minute (or round) of combat is an X% certainty that someone will be injured for Y% of their ability-to-stay-up-edness. Any intelligent creature should be able to spot the inter-connected relationship of all relevant factors.(Completely tangential to the topic at hand, we've already covered that skill is part of the justification for hit points, as the thing that allows you to turn a lethal-blow into a non-lethal blow. Skill is one of the reasons why the giant's hit for 109/100 was &quot;merely&quot; as bad as the orc's hit for 11/10. If you otherwise want skill to model the ability to deflect an attack completely, then I direct you to the Combat Expertise feat, or the fighting defensively option, or the equivalent rules in older editions.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Crimson Binome, post: 6290616, member: 6775031"] That doesn't follow [I]at all[/I] from the topic at hand. Nobody is talking about whether the mechanic is [I]realistic[/I], only whether it's [I]objective[/I]. As unrealistic as you may find it, it's still an objective fact that - as a result of complex physics and in-game happenings - the result of one minute (or round) of combat is an X% certainty that someone will be injured for Y% of their ability-to-stay-up-edness. Any intelligent creature should be able to spot the inter-connected relationship of all relevant factors. (Completely tangential to the topic at hand, we've already covered that skill [I]is[/I] part of the justification for hit points, as the thing that allows you to turn a lethal-blow into a non-lethal blow. Skill is one of the reasons why the giant's hit for 109/100 was "merely" as bad as the orc's hit for 11/10. If you otherwise want skill to model the ability to deflect an attack [I]completely[/I], then I direct you to the Combat Expertise feat, or the fighting defensively option, or the equivalent rules in older editions.) [/QUOTE]

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