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<blockquote data-quote="DND_Reborn" data-source="post: 7840543" data-attributes="member: 6987520">Well, quite a bit frankly.As I said before, consider a character with 100 hp and that a longsword does 5 damage on average. That means this character could withstand 20 such hits by a longsword, sufficient to drop 20 commoners. That goes to the point of being ludicrous to a lot of people. People simply can't take that sort of punishment in general. Sure, there are documented flukes, but this character could take all this damage, and then heal it overnight and do it again the next day. It requires people to want to play a game that is not only fantasy, but completely suspends reality.Consider a Fireball. Average damage is 28. Even making a save for 14 damage kills your typical common instantly. Our fighter with 100 hp could take 4 or more such fireballs before likely falling, and assuming he makes a save or two, more likely 5 to 6 even.I don't recall if it was here or in the other thread, but I commented on how hp would have to be greatly reduced and healing times lengthened unless you wanted to play a game that is super-uber-mega-hero-like.So, to repeat myself, you would have to change a lot or be willing to play a game that is not of a sort I want to play.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DND_Reborn, post: 7840543, member: 6987520"] Well, quite a bit frankly. As I said before, consider a character with 100 hp and that a longsword does 5 damage on average. That means this character could withstand 20 such hits by a longsword, sufficient to drop 20 commoners. That goes to the point of being ludicrous to a lot of people. People simply can't take that sort of punishment in general. Sure, there are documented flukes, but this character could take all this damage, and then [I]heal it overnight[/I] and do it again the next day. It requires people to want to play a game that is not only fantasy, but completely suspends reality. Consider a Fireball. Average damage is 28. Even making a save for 14 damage [I]kills[/I] your typical common instantly. Our fighter with 100 hp could take 4 or more such fireballs before likely falling, and assuming he makes a save or two, more likely 5 to 6 even. I don't recall if it was here or in the other thread, but I commented on how hp would have to be greatly reduced and healing times lengthened unless you wanted to play a game that is super-uber-mega-hero-like. So, to repeat myself, you would have to change a lot or be willing to play a game that is not of a sort I want to play. [/QUOTE]

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