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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RyvenCedrylle" data-source="post: 4548431" data-attributes="member: 66726">*waves hand*  Ok, maybe not blind - this isn't GURPS.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />  However, there are plenty of ways to mechanically introduce the toll of a physical wound without resorting to 'you can't use your right arm.'  The core rules already mention loss of healing surges.  The inability to use an action point is another possibility - the character can't see important opportunities through the pain of her injuries.  Ruling a character under 10 HP is slowed or weakened wouldn't be hard either. I happen to be a huge fan of condition track systems, but I'll admit the main issue is that usually only the PCs are 'on stage' long enough for condition tracks to matter.  HPs affect everyone equally.  Still, the use of preset conditions that can be inflicted on characters through other means as part of a 'wound' system goes a long way toward evening the playing field in that way.  I also like to know that when I hit something, I actually hit it, not just nicked it, grazed it or made it angry.  Those fall into the 'miss' category for me. YMMV. To drive this back toward the topic of the thread, predictable rider effects are one thing about 4E that I really appreciate.  I love disarming, tripping, pushing around and otherwise screwing with enemies' heads in all RPGs, so that fact that this is flat-out encouraged in 4th edition is a bonus for me.  I'll do it as a pure roleplaying tactic or as a power; it doesn't matter.  Given the codified 'modern' gaming style versus the more spontaneous, GM-centric 'old-school' style, I think the fiddly bits of powers bring a lot back to the game.  I'd still like to be able to try to trip every round, though.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />  (BTW, I too am a martial artist and realize just how impossible that really is - that's why I game.)</blockquote>

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