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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 185089" data-attributes="member: 158">Amen, Codragon. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />The best way to look at hit points is as overall damage. To think about exactly what a "hit point" is too much is to violate Hong's third Law. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> It is a measure of gumption, will, muscle pull from dodging the blow that wasn't possible to dodge, the long scar on the pro that would have been a deep cut on a rookie, and general ability to keep going after all punishment.I used to do this years ago, but I would nowadays never describe being at one hit point out of 50 as "horrible gaping wounds." If someone had that, they would DIE without medical attention. Instead, they look like anybody would who had been through the wringer, but would recover with a good shower, hot meal, and plenty of bed rest. They might have a light sprain; they might have a nasty cut. They might hurt like hell all over. But they'll live.</blockquote>