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<blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 4543664" data-attributes="member: 18280">Which doesn't actually force one to recant any description of damage, assuming that the description actually took into account how much damage was rolled compared to how many hit points the victim still had remaining.Let's start calling our 1st level fighter Bob and our 10th level fighter Gary for ease of discussion.&nbsp; Bob has 10 hit points and Gary has 80.Both Bob and Gary get in a fight with some goblins.&nbsp; Both take 5 hp damage in single attacks.The DM says, &quot;Bob, the goblin slashes at you, and manages to cut your arm.&nbsp; You take 5 points of damage.&nbsp; The goblin's sword is begining to look a bit more deadly to you!&nbsp; Meanwhile, Gary, you also take 5 points of damage, a blow that the goblin thought would be solid, but that you easily turn into a slight graze.&quot;Now Pete the Cleric casts two Cure Light Wounds, getting a result of 5 on each roll.The DM says &quot;Bob, Pete casts his spell and the cut in your arm heals by magic.&nbsp; Flexing your hand, you discover that the pain is gone.&nbsp; Gary, you have hardly been wounded, and it seems as though your scratch isn't worth the use of a spell, but it is also gone.&quot;Or, if Pete rolled 5 for Bob and 4 for Gary:The DM says &quot;Bob, Pete casts his spell and the cut in your arm heals by magic.&nbsp; Flexing your hand, you discover that the pain is gone.&nbsp; Gary, you have hardly been wounded, and it seems as though your scratch isn't worth the use of a spell, and apparently Pete's god agrees, for the wound is not entirely gone.&quot;Or, if Pete rolled 4 for Bob and 5 for Gary:The DM says &quot;Bob, Pete casts his spell and the cut in your arm knits, leaving only a weal.&nbsp; Flexing your hand, you discover that the pain is not entirely gone.&nbsp; Gary, you have hardly been wounded, and it seems as though your scratch isn't worth the use of a spell, and it is entirely gone.&quot;Now, let's stop here so that you can tell me how it is &quot;not true at all&quot; that I can easily describe a hit, based on how much damage was rolled compared to how many hit points the victim still had remaining, without having to recant because of a cure light wounds spell or two?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Raven Crowking, post: 4543664, member: 18280"] Which doesn't actually force one to recant any description of damage, assuming that the description actually took into account how much damage was rolled compared to how many hit points the victim still had remaining. Let's start calling our 1st level fighter Bob and our 10th level fighter Gary for ease of discussion. Bob has 10 hit points and Gary has 80. Both Bob and Gary get in a fight with some goblins. Both take 5 hp damage in single attacks. The DM says, "Bob, the goblin slashes at you, and manages to cut your arm. You take 5 points of damage. The goblin's sword is begining to look a bit more deadly to you! Meanwhile, Gary, you also take 5 points of damage, a blow that the goblin thought would be solid, but that you easily turn into a slight graze." Now Pete the Cleric casts two Cure Light Wounds, getting a result of 5 on each roll. The DM says "Bob, Pete casts his spell and the cut in your arm heals by magic. Flexing your hand, you discover that the pain is gone. Gary, you have hardly been wounded, and it seems as though your scratch isn't worth the use of a spell, but it is also gone." Or, if Pete rolled 5 for Bob and 4 for Gary: The DM says "Bob, Pete casts his spell and the cut in your arm heals by magic. Flexing your hand, you discover that the pain is gone. Gary, you have hardly been wounded, and it seems as though your scratch isn't worth the use of a spell, and apparently Pete's god agrees, for the wound is not entirely gone." Or, if Pete rolled 4 for Bob and 5 for Gary: The DM says "Bob, Pete casts his spell and the cut in your arm knits, leaving only a weal. Flexing your hand, you discover that the pain is not entirely gone. Gary, you have hardly been wounded, and it seems as though your scratch isn't worth the use of a spell, and it is entirely gone." Now, let's stop here so that you can tell me how it is "not true at all" that I can easily describe a hit, based on how much damage was rolled compared to how many hit points the victim still had remaining, without having to recant because of a [I]cure light wounds[/I] spell or two? [/QUOTE]

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