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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 5938996" data-attributes="member: 1656">If you'd never use a stab in the shoulder as the cinematic expression of an attack that doesn't take someone negative, then it's not an issue you need to deal with in the first place.No, it isn't.  Reaper deals ability mod.  A rolled hit deals rolled damage, plus ability mod.  A rolled hit will always be, at minimum, 1 point more than Reaper can deal.And those are both perfectly serviceable explanations for why the poison doesn't affect someone.  I'm saying that "the poison never entered his bloodstream in the first place" also explains it... and that might be because the poisoned dagger didn't touch him.  He still lost hit points as a result of the attack action, but those hit points can represent something other than "Sliced by the dagger".Sure.  But because I allow that hit points are a broader concept than "things that cause pain", I'll stand by the phrase <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />The orc successfully beat my AC with his attack roll; consequently, it's more likely that at some point in this combat, I'll be rendered unconscious.  Whether that's because I'm wounded, or I used up some luck, or I'm demoralised, or winded, or off-balance, or my deity is getting tired of intervening on my behalf... in some fashion, a later attack might knock me out when, had it not been for the orc just now, I might have remained conscious.Only one of those possibilities is opposed by my pain tolerance, but all of them affect my plot resilience <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />From a realistic perspective, sure.  From an action-movie point of view, though, the shoulder wound is the stand-by for "He's hurt, but it's not going to stop him from dealing to anyone who crosses him".  I like my gaming to feel like I'm in an action movie.-Hyp.</blockquote>

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