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<blockquote data-quote="Scribble" data-source="post: 4639061" data-attributes="member: 23977">See I find this interesting because I feel it (like I feel most stuff in gaming) is only that way because YOU have chosen to view it that way.I've never liked the idea of mapping HP to physical damage pretty much for this reason. If you do that in my opinion THAT brings out the super hero thing.Someone jumps off a cliff and it doesn't do enough damage to kill him? Someone takes 10 arrows and it doesn't kill him?For me the ONLY time a character takes a deadly wound is when, well he dies. The very last hit. As such, HP damage isn't always a &quot;hit.&quot; It's a hit as far as the dice are concerned, but not as far as the character is.It's that moment in the movie when say, the hero looks down and sees the arrow has just hit right between his legs. It narrowly missed him in the story, but his character takes HP damage.It's that scene were the hero falls off the ledge sure, but manages to grab just enough roots, broken earth clumps, ledges, branches whatever- to keep himself slow enough to not die. He's not kileld, but he takes HP damage.It's a show of how much ability your character has to not be killed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Scribble, post: 4639061, member: 23977"] See I find this interesting because I feel it (like I feel most stuff in gaming) is only that way because YOU have chosen to view it that way. I've never liked the idea of mapping HP to physical damage pretty much for this reason. If you do that in my opinion THAT brings out the super hero thing. Someone jumps off a cliff and it doesn't do enough damage to kill him? Someone takes 10 arrows and it doesn't kill him? For me the ONLY time a character takes a deadly wound is when, well he dies. The very last hit. As such, HP damage isn't always a "hit." It's a hit as far as the dice are concerned, but not as far as the character is. It's that moment in the movie when say, the hero looks down and sees the arrow has just hit right between his legs. It narrowly missed him in the story, but his character takes HP damage. It's that scene were the hero falls off the ledge sure, but manages to grab just enough roots, broken earth clumps, ledges, branches whatever- to keep himself slow enough to not die. He's not kileld, but he takes HP damage. It's a show of how much ability your character has to not be killed. [/QUOTE]

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