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<blockquote data-quote="Beowolf" data-source="post: 2543620" data-attributes="member: 18770"><p>this whole quandry is something i have thought about myself buit in the end i like to use a sort of combined&nbsp; method. usually the hits are minor, just a few hp so they would get a decription like &quot;he slashes you in the arm but your armor defends agains serious harm&quot; or if the charachter is a dodgey type like a monk it would be along the lines of &quot; the goblin stabs for your stomach but you evade at the last moment and suffer XX hp&quot;&nbsp; this works all well and good for lower level play but what about the examples above, a massive dragon can destroy any normal person with ease. dragons and other higher cr monsters are much harder to rationalize surviving their attacks.&nbsp; how i prefer to handle such fantastic challengese is to describe heroic and fantastic characters.. e.g. &quot; the dragon lunges at you and catches you in its mighty jaws. you feel intense pressure and feel like you are being crushed but your magical armor holds out and the creature releses you to the ground winded&quot; or even &quot;the orc general impales you with his spear and blood begins to stain your clothing, through determination you still stand and fight&quot; things along that nature. terrible attacks withstood by awsome heros.&nbsp; by sheer will , amazing reflexes , divine protection, magical defence or whatnot D&amp;D heros are powerfull themselves so as to confront powerfull foes.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Beowolf, post: 2543620, member: 18770"] this whole quandry is something i have thought about myself buit in the end i like to use a sort of combined method. usually the hits are minor, just a few hp so they would get a decription like "he slashes you in the arm but your armor defends agains serious harm" or if the charachter is a dodgey type like a monk it would be along the lines of " the goblin stabs for your stomach but you evade at the last moment and suffer XX hp" this works all well and good for lower level play but what about the examples above, a massive dragon can destroy any normal person with ease. dragons and other higher cr monsters are much harder to rationalize surviving their attacks. how i prefer to handle such fantastic challengese is to describe heroic and fantastic characters.. e.g. " the dragon lunges at you and catches you in its mighty jaws. you feel intense pressure and feel like you are being crushed but your magical armor holds out and the creature releses you to the ground winded" or even "the orc general impales you with his spear and blood begins to stain your clothing, through determination you still stand and fight" things along that nature. terrible attacks withstood by awsome heros. by sheer will , amazing reflexes , divine protection, magical defence or whatnot D&D heros are powerfull themselves so as to confront powerfull foes. [/QUOTE]

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