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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Harzel" data-source="post: 7492061" data-attributes="member: 6857506">The reason that I made the comment is because the phrase "damage taken" is ambiguous.  While I agree that in this context it should be interpreted as being capped by the number of HP that the receiver of the damage has, there are instances where "damage taken" or "takes damage" is used differently.  For instance, if one of my monsters hits a PC and rolls 30 for damage, I will say to the player, "<name of PC> takes 30 points of slashing damage."  I don't ask first how many HP the PC has.  In fact, there is another such example in the very section you cited.  (emphasis added)</blockquote>