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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 7245406" data-attributes="member: 996">Of course, in 1e, there was that full week of rest required of characters reduced below 0.   Its not all that complicated, but it can be problematic, becoming all about bypassing those vitality points... I suppose that the switch from hps to death saves at 0 hp, and the heal-from-0 rule, could be taken as such a system...</blockquote>most of these meat-vs.-luck h.p. arguments would go away, [/QUOTE] It was a settled non-issue for decades, ever since the 1e DMG came down squarely on hp increases with level being of the non-physical variety...  Now, 5e again makes it abundantly clear that hps can't easily represent even modestly serious physical injury, with mechanics like short-rest HD, overnight healing and second wind.[/QUOTE]