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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Levitator" data-source="post: 3386638" data-attributes="member: 40099">I'm using a different mechanic, but a similar idea in our game and the players love it.  Granted, I'm using DM Genie and I created a script that tracks it all automatically, so it may not be a great idea for anyone who is not using DM Genie.Basically, I came up with a system called Battle Fatigue because my players didn't like the concept that a 100 HP fighter fights just as well at 1 HP.  We understand the abstract concept of HP and that they aren't intended to ONLY represent damage, but describing near misses and nicks round after round gets boring.  So, in order to make them happy, I came up with a system that tries to simulate the depreciating effects of stress and injury during combat.  It's a simple system based on comparing current HP to total HP.76-100% of total HP= healthy51-75% of totaly HP= Light Battle Fatigue (-1 STR, -1 DEX)26-50% of total HP= Moderate Battle Fatigue (-2 STR, -2 DEX)25% or less than total HP= Heavy Battle Fatigue (-4 STR, -4 DEX)In addition, I use this system with a relative health indicator with Maptools.  Maptools has the ability to add colored halos to tokens, so I made a color coding system that corresponds with the above system.Green= healthyYellow= Light Battle FatigueOrange= Moderate Battle FatigueRed= Heavy Battle FatigueThey players like how taking damage can change their battle strategy and since we don't use exact numbers to describe the action, the combat feels more intense and risky.  It's not for everyone, but it seems like it might be something you might want to experiment with.BTW, if you are using DM Genie, I'd be happy to send you my scripts for the above system!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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