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<blockquote data-quote="greg kaye" data-source="post: 9058293" data-attributes="member: 7030543">&quot;[ATTACH=full]289202[/ATTACH]I'm talking about D&amp;D fighters ....&nbsp; Again,... it doesn't appear that we are talking about the same things. ...&quot;In 5e a critical hit, an unarmed strike deals bludgeoning damage equal to 2 + your Strength modifier.Even in RL, critical hits would be recognized for what they were.&nbsp; Even if training boxers weren't wearing head protection and were aiming for the head, there might be times when a boxer, with their feet firmly planted might launch a thunderous fist to their opponent's jaw. If that opponent was then still standing, it could say a lot about their hit points.&nbsp; Boxers, even in real life, are assessed on endurance and on things such as if they have a glass jaw or they can't take a punch.What hits would be required to down or visibly damage a fighter with 16 hit points in comparison to a fighter with 10 hit points?There are two answers in 5e: better or more.In circumstances like enduring something like acid and the 2nd-level fighter could be noted as being able to take 60% more than before.&nbsp; These things might be specially noted by the clever, squishy members of the party when deciding which member of the party may have best chance when facing that hazard,</blockquote>

[QUOTE="greg kaye, post: 9058293, member: 7030543"] "[ATTACH=full]289202[/ATTACH] I'm talking about D&D fighters .... Again,... it doesn't appear that we are talking about the same things. ..." In 5e a critical hit, an unarmed strike deals bludgeoning damage equal to 2 + your Strength modifier. Even in RL, critical hits would be recognized for what they were. Even if training boxers [I]weren't[/I] wearing head protection and [I]were [/I]aiming for the head, there might be times when a boxer, with their feet firmly planted might launch a thunderous fist to their opponent's jaw. If that opponent was then still standing, it could say a lot about their hit points. Boxers, even in real life, are assessed on endurance and on things such as if they have a glass jaw or they can't take a punch. What hits would be required to down or visibly damage a fighter with 16 hit points in comparison to a fighter with 10 hit points? There are two answers in 5e: better or more. In circumstances like enduring something like acid and the 2nd-level fighter could be noted as being able to take 60% more than before. These things might be specially noted by the clever, squishy members of the party when deciding which member of the party may have best chance when facing that hazard, [/QUOTE]

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