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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pale Jackal" data-source="post: 4106061" data-attributes="member: 58878">I enjoyed the previous Minor/Medium/Major wound, but:This strikes me as really nice, primarily because it's simple.I'd personally go one step further and say: "After damage is calculated, you may take half damage, but at the cost of -2 to saves/to-hit/skills.  This heals after one week."I'm thinking this may be too good, or too bad, but I guess it's situational.  If you feel you're going to win the fight even if you get KO'd, then you don't do it, but you're in a tough fight against the BBEG?  Take half damage.I suppose if this is abused (and I think it'd only be abused versus "bosses"), you can just make the bosses tougher.  And it also depends, ultimately, on how many hits a typical 4E character can take.If you could only take 2 hits (just for example)... taking a -2 then -4 penalty isn't so bad for doubling your staying power.I think the penalty might have to be increased to -4, but we'll see. Another possibilty is also applying the penalty to AC, which makes sense.  A serious wound is going to make you less capable of defending yourself.Ultimately, I like this idea, though depending on the durability of characters when facing, say, solo monsters (who should have the highest damage per hit?) the penalty might need some modifying.Ah!  The penalty could be tied to how much damage is reduced.-1 for every 5 points negated, perhaps?</blockquote>