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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AaronOfBarbaria" data-source="post: 6886778" data-attributes="member: 6701872">Quote me a page reference that actually says this, I don't even care what edition it is from.Because, without that page reference of explicit statement to this effect, I believe that the truth is that there is such a thing as internal hemorrhaging in Faerun, but it is abstracted into game rules rather than addressed in specific detail because the authors of the game intend a playable game, not a reality simulation which accounts for the effects of things which they, not being awarded doctorates in numerous fields including but not limited to physics and medicine for their prodigious academic accomplishments, are not actually particularly familiar.To rephrase to ensure clarity: It's not that the reality of Faerun is actually different - that there is no such thing as internal hemorrhaging - but that discrete representation of the effects of internal hemorrhaging didn't fit into the game as a common occurrence (though it does actually fit into all editions of the D&D game as an explanation as to how exactly a person has died as a result of taking damage from a bludgeoning weapon, especially in the case of any "bleeding out" rules or death saving throws being used).</blockquote>