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<blockquote data-quote="el-remmen" data-source="post: 8149354" data-attributes="member: 11">Yep. I am constantly describing combat (or calling on my players to describe it based on the result - depends on the player and the specific situation) including basically every hit (even if it is just to say &quot;your opponent is moderately wounded&quot; or &quot;and that blow nearly drives him to the floor as he is now critically wounded!&quot;).&nbsp; So my assumption is that some players might find this slows things down, but in line with what I wrote yesterday, it keeps things lively so it does not feel like a slog. In my mind, &quot;feel of combat&quot; is much more important than &quot;length of combat&quot; (both in terms of in-game or real time). Unless, like someone suggested above, some folks just don't like combat and want to spend time on social stuff (which is fine, but then the frequency of combat, not its speed - or lack thereof - is the problem.For those who are curious, we split HPs into five categories in my games: <ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">up to 25% hps gone: Lightly wounded</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">from 25% to 50%: Moderately wounded</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">from 50% to 75%: Seriously wounded</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">from 75% to 1 hp left: Critically wounded</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">0 hps (or less): Mortally wounded 
 
I guess DEAD is the 6th category <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></li>
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[QUOTE="el-remmen, post: 8149354, member: 11"] Yep. I am constantly describing combat (or calling on my players to describe it based on the result - depends on the player and the specific situation) including basically every hit (even if it is just to say "your opponent is moderately wounded" or "and that blow nearly drives him to the floor as he is now critically wounded!"). So my assumption is that some players might find this slows things down, but in line with what I wrote yesterday, it keeps things [I]lively[/I] so it does not [I]feel [/I]like a slog. In my mind, "feel of combat" is much more important than "length of combat" (both in terms of in-game or real time). Unless, like someone suggested above, some folks just don't like combat and want to spend time on social stuff (which is fine, but then the frequency of combat, not its speed - or lack thereof - is the problem. For those who are curious, we split HPs into five categories in my games: [LIST] [*]up to 25% hps gone: Lightly wounded [*]from 25% to 50%: Moderately wounded [*]from 50% to 75%: Seriously wounded [*]from 75% to 1 hp left: Critically wounded [*]0 hps (or less): Mortally wounded I guess DEAD is the 6th category ;) [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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