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<blockquote data-quote="WyzardWhately" data-source="post: 4037404" data-attributes="member: 33207">I tend to prefer the interpretation that hit points are how the world works. So, no, a high-level fighter can't die by falling off a horse, in my game.As an interesting aside, if the aged Baron who slew dragons in his youth were to be found in the forest with a broken neck after his steed returned alone, it might be assumed that he had fallen from the horse and died like so many others...if you were one of the callow fops and courtesans that populated his court, and knew nothing of how deep his strength ran.&nbsp; But the Elven Wizard and Dwarven Rogue (the PCs!) who were his boon companions in his youth are still hale and strong, in the fullness of their youth as their people count the years.&nbsp; And they know their friend survived a hundred blows of ten times the strength, and could never have been slain by so slight a force.There is foul play about, and they will find the heart of it no matter what self-important dandy presumes to call them Romantics.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WyzardWhately, post: 4037404, member: 33207"] I tend to prefer the interpretation that hit points are how the world works. So, no, a high-level fighter can't die by falling off a horse, in my game. As an interesting aside, if the aged Baron who slew dragons in his youth were to be found in the forest with a broken neck after his steed returned alone, it might be assumed that he had fallen from the horse and died like so many others...if you were one of the callow fops and courtesans that populated his court, and knew nothing of how deep his strength ran. But the Elven Wizard and Dwarven Rogue (the PCs!) who were his boon companions in his youth are still hale and strong, in the fullness of their youth as their people count the years. And they know their friend survived a hundred blows of ten times the strength, and could never have been slain by so slight a force. There is foul play about, and they will find the heart of it no matter what self-important dandy presumes to call them Romantics. [/QUOTE]

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