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<blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 4729652" data-attributes="member: 2011">Not really. Most PCs do not get better when they get bloodied.And there are many examples of the opposite. When a foe gets bloodied, the PC (or NPC) is at an advantage over that foe.I totally disagree. When I watch many sporting events, the tired team is often suddenly mauled by the fresher team.Grittiness by definition is that the game is more plausible and realistic, not that it's fluffy and cute and hit points mean nothing until one gets to zero.A simple rule of -1 to all D20 rolls (for both PCs and NPCs) when bloodied is a totally fine way to &quot;do it right&quot;.It affects combat only ever so slightly, but it psychologically affects players more than it actually affects the game.Every creature on both sides of the encounter might be bloodied, but the -1 rarely comes into play because a) the encounter is over half over and b) nobody rolls exactly the number that would have hit but now doesn't (at most, one or two PCs or NPCs might fail the roll).The combat is not really that heavily affected by the rule, but it FEELS grittier. It feels more threatening. There is a slightly increased set of urgency for each player because his PC is at -1 for the rest of the encounter unless he gets healed above bloodied.To me, this is absolutely the right way to add grittiness. And, it is very logical to the players. Bloodied = slightly wounded.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KarinsDad, post: 4729652, member: 2011"] Not really. Most PCs do not get better when they get bloodied. And there are many examples of the opposite. When a foe gets bloodied, the PC (or NPC) is at an advantage over that foe. I totally disagree. When I watch many sporting events, the tired team is often suddenly mauled by the fresher team. Grittiness by definition is that the game is more plausible and realistic, not that it's fluffy and cute and hit points mean nothing until one gets to zero. A simple rule of -1 to all D20 rolls (for both PCs and NPCs) when bloodied is a totally fine way to "do it right". It affects combat only ever so slightly, but it psychologically affects players more than it actually affects the game. Every creature on both sides of the encounter might be bloodied, but the -1 rarely comes into play because a) the encounter is over half over and b) nobody rolls exactly the number that would have hit but now doesn't (at most, one or two PCs or NPCs might fail the roll). The combat is not really that heavily affected by the rule, but it FEELS grittier. It feels more threatening. There is a slightly increased set of urgency for each player because his PC is at -1 for the rest of the encounter unless he gets healed above bloodied. To me, this is absolutely the right way to add grittiness. And, it is very logical to the players. Bloodied = slightly wounded. [/QUOTE]

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