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<blockquote data-quote="Aloïsius" data-source="post: 3816918" data-attributes="member: 1191">What's so bad about bypassing hitpoint ? It means that, for certain special circumstances, the dwarf barbarian can be killed in one shot. While, most of the time, he is runing around screaming, atop his 150 HP. On the other hand, the elven wizard, with his 38 HP (same level than his friend) lives in terror. Why ? Because the DM has to adjust the strength of the opponants to the HP of the tank. This means that one (critical) or two hit will drop the wizard below -15 hp.The various instant &quot;save of die&quot; or &quot;save or suck&quot; allowed some kind of equality (well, fort saves do favor tanks, anyway) and they added a lot of tension in the game. I have lost (temporarily, ok...) far more characters because of massive amounts of damage (what about beeing sneack attacked three times in a round by a high level assassin ? It hurts !) than because of save or die. And, you don't have more control of your destiny facing a (4x 2d4)&nbsp; + (4 x power attack penalty) + (4 x 2 scythe wielding orc blackguard's STR bonus).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aloïsius, post: 3816918, member: 1191"] What's so bad about bypassing hitpoint ? It means that, for certain special circumstances, the dwarf barbarian can be killed in one shot. While, most of the time, he is runing around screaming, atop his 150 HP. On the other hand, the elven wizard, with his 38 HP (same level than his friend) lives in terror. Why ? Because the DM has to adjust the strength of the opponants to the HP of the tank. This means that one (critical) or two hit will drop the wizard below -15 hp. The various instant "save of die" or "save or suck" allowed some kind of equality (well, fort saves do favor tanks, anyway) and they added a lot of tension in the game. I have lost (temporarily, ok...) far more characters because of massive amounts of damage (what about beeing sneack attacked three times in a round by a high level assassin ? It hurts !) than because of save or die. And, you don't have more control of your destiny facing a (4x 2d4) + (4 x power attack penalty) + (4 x 2 scythe wielding orc blackguard's STR bonus). [/QUOTE]

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