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<blockquote data-quote="FrogReaver" data-source="post: 7841056" data-attributes="member: 6795602"><p>We have all painted a pretty coherent picture of what hp are. You can take a few statements out of context and string them together to make it sound like we haven't - but we really have. I know you don't like to hear this but pretty much everyone that's contributed to this thread has said that hp are abstractions.</p><p></p><p>There have been a few alternative systems mentioned - like vitality points where the meat and the other stuff gets separated. I think that kind of system would work better for you than hp=Meat. Simply because the fictional impact of that system is much less than the fictional impact of supernaturally taking a bunch of hits and not dying.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sharing memes making fun of those you are discussing with is offensive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FrogReaver, post: 7841056, member: 6795602"] We have all painted a pretty coherent picture of what hp are. You can take a few statements out of context and string them together to make it sound like we haven't - but we really have. I know you don't like to hear this but pretty much everyone that's contributed to this thread has said that hp are abstractions. There have been a few alternative systems mentioned - like vitality points where the meat and the other stuff gets separated. I think that kind of system would work better for you than hp=Meat. Simply because the fictional impact of that system is much less than the fictional impact of supernaturally taking a bunch of hits and not dying. Sharing memes making fun of those you are discussing with is offensive. [/QUOTE]
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