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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 6102952" data-attributes="member: 1465">I like this principle.I think that "HP as fatigue" might need some clarification. The way I see it, "fatigue" itself needs some abstraction so that it doesn't precisely mean "running out of physical energy", but includes also losing concentration, morale or fighting spirit; could be explained as more generically "getting closer to defeat". But maybe it's not so different if the OP really means physical fatigue specifically.Anyway, I think the idea of generally ignoring the wounds interpretation of damage works best in the context of a "new-school" game of D&D, where the PCs essentially cannot die unless it fits with the story. There are a lot of gaming groups who want to play they RPG like this, tho many of them refuse to admit so. If I were running a game for such a group, I would embrace the "HP as fatigue" explanation, and I would tell the players in a very straightforward manner that if they drop to 0hp they won't die, but there will be a mid-term penalty depending on the circumstances. Then for example, following  [MENTION=1122]Frostmarrow[/MENTION] 's principle, the circumstances can equate very much to the type of "last blow" that dropped the PC to negative HP.I don't think it needs any rules for that. DM's adjudication is better, because the DM can vary the outcome in case the same type of "last blow" happened too often in the last few sessions, and maybe the players are getting bored of receiving the same penalty. But for those who need rules at all costs, there could be standard effects defined, but also random tables, particularly for normal weapon damage, since the core rules of D&D don't have called shots, so that the random tables can vary the effect to represent that "last blow" hitting different parts of the body.</blockquote>

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