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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 6289491" data-attributes="member: 22779">But, the reason that those stories are famous is because they are the outliers, not the norm.&nbsp; Yes, there are examples of people suffering horrific injury and keeping on going.Where I'm drawing a blank is the individual who does it twice.&nbsp; Unlike a D&amp;D PC, who suffers horrific injury on a virtually daily basis, the examples you want to point to are generally things that happen once in a lifetime.&nbsp; And, more often than not, it's the last even of most lifetimes.But, this isn't anything the PC is doing.&nbsp; Unless you believe that my wizard is a better melee fighter than a trained warrior.&nbsp; The explanation that has been around for so long is that the target with lots of hit points will never suffer a strong blow.&nbsp; A strong blow doesn't change depending on what I'm stabbing.&nbsp; A strong blow is a strong blow.&nbsp; The difference is that I will never actually LAND a strong blow on a high HP target.You actually think that the character knows these things?&nbsp; I certainly would never think that someone sticking a sword in my chest wouldn't kill me.&nbsp; What I do know, as a high level character, is that I can avoid the clumsy blows of the low level opponent.&nbsp; Fair enough.&nbsp; But, I know that regardless of how many HP I have.&nbsp; Exactly.&nbsp; This is precisely what I'm saying.&nbsp; But the character is in no way aware of this is he?&nbsp; Wow, I never, ever think like that.&nbsp; My characters are afraid of getting stabbed at all times.&nbsp; I would never look at it from that perspective.&nbsp; Heck, &quot;I'm a big fantasy hero&quot; is, to me, so meta that it's completely out of character, AFAIC.&nbsp; Conan doesn't think to himself, &quot;Well, I'm the protagonist of this story, so nothing can kill me&quot;, so, why would my fantasy character.In fact, I'm trying to think of a fantasy hero who actually would think that way and I'm really drawing a blank.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 6289491, member: 22779"] But, the reason that those stories are famous is because they are the outliers, not the norm. Yes, there are examples of people suffering horrific injury and keeping on going. Where I'm drawing a blank is the individual who does it twice. Unlike a D&D PC, who suffers horrific injury on a virtually daily basis, the examples you want to point to are generally things that happen once in a lifetime. And, more often than not, it's the last even of most lifetimes. But, this isn't anything the PC is doing. Unless you believe that my wizard is a better melee fighter than a trained warrior. The explanation that has been around for so long is that the target with lots of hit points will never suffer a strong blow. A strong blow doesn't change depending on what I'm stabbing. A strong blow is a strong blow. The difference is that I will never actually LAND a strong blow on a high HP target. You actually think that the character knows these things? I certainly would never think that someone sticking a sword in my chest wouldn't kill me. What I do know, as a high level character, is that I can avoid the clumsy blows of the low level opponent. Fair enough. But, I know that regardless of how many HP I have. Exactly. This is precisely what I'm saying. But the character is in no way aware of this is he? Wow, I never, ever think like that. My characters are afraid of getting stabbed at all times. I would never look at it from that perspective. Heck, "I'm a big fantasy hero" is, to me, so meta that it's completely out of character, AFAIC. Conan doesn't think to himself, "Well, I'm the protagonist of this story, so nothing can kill me", so, why would my fantasy character. In fact, I'm trying to think of a fantasy hero who actually would think that way and I'm really drawing a blank. [/QUOTE]

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