D&D General Dumb Idea: Hit Points As Ablative Plot Armor That Doesn't Regenerate

[Micah Sweet]

I don't think it is terribly different than any other scenario in which you are fine until suddenly you are not. That's D&D from level 1 to 100.

Except your PC can't die, no matter what happens. Drowned, fire, crushed, buried, stabbed a dozen times, nothing matters until you cross the line.

 

[TaranTheWanderer]

What do you mean "unlikable"? By the other characters? NPCs? The players and/or the GM?

I think he meant unkillable

 

[Reynard]

Except your PC can't die, no matter what happens. Drowned, fire, crushed, buried, stabbed a dozen times, nothing matters until you cross the line.

Right. Plot armor. That's the point.

 

[Micah Sweet]

Right. Plot armor. That's the point.

Right. That's never going to make sense to me I suppose. No big deal.

 

[Distracted DM]

It's a fun thought experiment OP. Has someone suggested HP per level, instead of per "lifetime?"
It all gives new meaning to "I was only one week from retirement..." :'D

 

[Reynard]

It's a fun thought experiment OP. Has someone suggested HP per level, instead of per "lifetime?"
It all gives new meaning to "I was only one week from retirement..." :'D

That's actually an interesting idea. Similar math, but if you make it,it all refreshes. Not a bad compromise.