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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 6289370" data-attributes="member: 22779">Of course, this all begs the question - How many decisions does a character actually make?&nbsp; As [MENTION=92511]steeldragons[/MENTION] above said, unless the player is somehow able to induce a multiple personality disorder, the character cannot really know anything.&nbsp; AFAIC, the character is simply a filter through which the player makes decisions.&nbsp; Since the player cannot not know his hit points, then decisions will always be made based on remaining hit points.But, from an &quot;in world&quot; perspective&quot;, the character has absolutely no idea if the next sword hit will kill him.&nbsp; Actually, that's not true.&nbsp; I take that back.&nbsp; The character always knows that the next sword hit will kill him, regardless of how healthy he is, because being hit with a sword kills you.&nbsp; But, until you whittle down something's hit points, that sword hit never occurs.IOW, no one ever dies from minor cuts and bruises.&nbsp; And I don't have to beat something up first to kill it.&nbsp; It always baffles me when people talk like this as if it makes sense from an in game perspective.&nbsp; A hunter could never, ever kill a deer.&nbsp; A pony in 3.5 has 11 hit points (which would be about right for most deer) means that an arrow from a hunter won't kill a deer.&nbsp; Since hit points mean that the deer won't actually bleed out (unless knocked below 0 HP), you'd need to hit the deer multiple times before dropping it.Which is utterly ridiculous.&nbsp; Hunting in a D&amp;D world, if HP apply to everything and are objective, would be extremely difficult.OTOH, if HP are a meta-game construct which only really applies to events that the game concerns itself with - high adventure, buckling your swashes - then this stops being a problem.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 6289370, member: 22779"] Of course, this all begs the question - How many decisions does a character actually make? As [MENTION=92511]steeldragons[/MENTION] above said, unless the player is somehow able to induce a multiple personality disorder, the character cannot really know anything. AFAIC, the character is simply a filter through which the player makes decisions. Since the player cannot not know his hit points, then decisions will always be made based on remaining hit points. But, from an "in world" perspective", the character has absolutely no idea if the next sword hit will kill him. Actually, that's not true. I take that back. The character always knows that the next sword hit will kill him, regardless of how healthy he is, because being hit with a sword kills you. But, until you whittle down something's hit points, that sword hit never occurs. IOW, no one ever dies from minor cuts and bruises. And I don't have to beat something up first to kill it. It always baffles me when people talk like this as if it makes sense from an in game perspective. A hunter could never, ever kill a deer. A pony in 3.5 has 11 hit points (which would be about right for most deer) means that an arrow from a hunter won't kill a deer. Since hit points mean that the deer won't actually bleed out (unless knocked below 0 HP), you'd need to hit the deer multiple times before dropping it. Which is utterly ridiculous. Hunting in a D&D world, if HP apply to everything and are objective, would be extremely difficult. OTOH, if HP are a meta-game construct which only really applies to events that the game concerns itself with - high adventure, buckling your swashes - then this stops being a problem. [/QUOTE]

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