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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mmadsen" data-source="post: 674710" data-attributes="member: 1645">I'm not sure how I'm wrong, since that is what I meant.  If you scale up Damage to match increased Hit Points, the two cancel each other out.  Obviously.  When it comes time to mow down scrubs though, the extra Hit Points matter.  They're one of the main ways high-level Fighters are bad ass.But boosting Hit Points isn't the one and only way to make characters bad ass.  If you want players (and thus characters) to know they have no chance of losing to lesser foes -- and thus no chance of beating greater foes either -- then Hit Points achieve that.  If you want characters to only fight when it's worth some small risk, then you don't want a Hit Point system (especially not one with rampant healing).Different combat models encourage different choices.</blockquote>