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<blockquote data-quote="the-golem" data-source="post: 5102014" data-attributes="member: 87242"><p>Funny. I always thought of hitpoints as "the ability to keep fighting" more than "heres how much health I have" You can't numerically categorize how much "life" someone has, just as you cant numerically categorize their "ability."</p><p></p><p>HP, AC and Hit are <em>abstractions</em> of these concepts. Through experience and practice, one hones their skills and abilities. As a character "levels," he or she becomes better at fighting, better at avoiding blows, stronger, faster, better.</p><p></p><p>How else are you to quantify this in an RPG like D&D except through abstract concepts, such as the aforementioned AC, HP, and Attack numbers?</p><p></p><p>Think about it. Imagine a person wearing 100 pount plate, swinging around a 5-15 pound sword. After a while you are going to get tired and worn-out. As you get worn out, your ability to perform and pay attention decreases. As your overall ability declines, you run the risk of taking a rather unhealthy knock on the head. There are many, many things that factor into one's ability to keep going.</p><p></p><p>Thus, I agree with the current WotC view of HP. Not because WotC is all knowing. Not because "they said so."</p><p></p><p>In other words, I agree with Nytmare</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="the-golem, post: 5102014, member: 87242"] Funny. I always thought of hitpoints as "the ability to keep fighting" more than "heres how much health I have" You can't numerically categorize how much "life" someone has, just as you cant numerically categorize their "ability." HP, AC and Hit are [I]abstractions[/I] of these concepts. Through experience and practice, one hones their skills and abilities. As a character "levels," he or she becomes better at fighting, better at avoiding blows, stronger, faster, better. How else are you to quantify this in an RPG like D&D except through abstract concepts, such as the aforementioned AC, HP, and Attack numbers? Think about it. Imagine a person wearing 100 pount plate, swinging around a 5-15 pound sword. After a while you are going to get tired and worn-out. As you get worn out, your ability to perform and pay attention decreases. As your overall ability declines, you run the risk of taking a rather unhealthy knock on the head. There are many, many things that factor into one's ability to keep going. Thus, I agree with the current WotC view of HP. Not because WotC is all knowing. Not because "they said so." In other words, I agree with Nytmare [/QUOTE]
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