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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 4163069" data-attributes="member: 22779">Re: Hit Points and LuckThis has been done to death, but, I'll take another stab at it.&nbsp; Hit points can represent physical toughness.&nbsp; They also can represent luck, karma or whatever.&nbsp; The point of HP's though is that what they represent can easily vary with whatever fits the scene at the time.Hit points don't have to ONLY be luck.&nbsp; They don't ONLY have to be physical toughness.&nbsp; They're an abstract concept.&nbsp; Thus, they can be pretty much whatever you need them to be at the time.&nbsp; Thus, people within a game world need not have any concept of hit points.&nbsp; From their point of view, (if they actually had one) hit points don't exist because hit points only reflect the results of the scene.If I have 50 hit points and get hit with an axe for 5 points of damage, the narrative would read something like, &quot;Korgan is shaken by the scratch.&quot;&nbsp; OTOH, if I had 10 hit points, the narrative would read differently.This is why I have no problem whatsoever with the idea that rules =/= physics.&nbsp; Given that many of the game concepts are abstractions at best, why would they need to be coupled with any sort of physics?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 4163069, member: 22779"] Re: Hit Points and Luck This has been done to death, but, I'll take another stab at it. Hit points can represent physical toughness. They also can represent luck, karma or whatever. The point of HP's though is that what they represent can easily vary with whatever fits the scene at the time. Hit points don't have to ONLY be luck. They don't ONLY have to be physical toughness. They're an abstract concept. Thus, they can be pretty much whatever you need them to be at the time. Thus, people within a game world need not have any concept of hit points. From their point of view, (if they actually had one) hit points don't exist because hit points only reflect the results of the scene. If I have 50 hit points and get hit with an axe for 5 points of damage, the narrative would read something like, "Korgan is shaken by the scratch." OTOH, if I had 10 hit points, the narrative would read differently. This is why I have no problem whatsoever with the idea that rules =/= physics. Given that many of the game concepts are abstractions at best, why would they need to be coupled with any sort of physics? [/QUOTE]

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