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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Psion" data-source="post: 711043" data-attributes="member: 172">I can see why someone might think that. After all, if you take Con points of damage, in either system, you could be in dire straights: in d20 modern you are forced to make a fort save or start dying, while in Spycraft, if you have a threat triggered against you, you will have negative wounds and be dying as well.But those two circumstances play out very differently. In the former case, triggering the massive damage roll is entirely random, and it doesn't much difference whether mook or megavillain is doing the damage. In the case of Spycraft, the GM has to specifically trigger the threat.Now which circumstance is better is a matter of taste. The d20 modern approach is more realistic; the Spycraft approach is more heroic. That said, even if realistic is what you want, I would wonder about using escalating HP in the first place.So once again, which is better is a matter of taste, but I think that Spycraft serves the needs of those who want heroic action better than d20 modern serves the needs of those that want realistic action.</blockquote>