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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7843176" data-attributes="member: 29398">All true.And all awful.Combat is when you need that narrative the most, and also when you most need it to be reliable.However, this one can't be blamed on the hit point mechanics themselves.&nbsp; The faults here lie with a) the existence of remote non-magical curing, and b) the whack-a-mole issue.a) is a problem because remote non-magical curing usually relies on a narrative of inspiration and-or fatigue banishment, which doesn't play well with being pummelled into the ground and unable to move.&nbsp; FIX: get rid of all remote and non-magical battlefield healing.b) is a problem because - and this has to a small extent been true since 1e - if you're at 1 h.p. you're fine but a 0 h.p. you're down and dying.&nbsp; FIX: a wound-vitality or body-fatigue hit point system where wound points are harder to cure, and where being in wound points hampers your ability to do various things.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 7843176, member: 29398"] All true. And all awful. Combat is when you need that narrative the most, and also when you most need it to be reliable. However, this one can't be blamed on the hit point mechanics themselves. The faults here lie with a) the existence of remote non-magical curing, and b) the whack-a-mole issue. a) is a problem because remote non-magical curing usually relies on a narrative of inspiration and-or fatigue banishment, which doesn't play well with being pummelled into the ground and unable to move. FIX: get rid of all remote and non-magical battlefield healing. b) is a problem because - and this has to a small extent been true since 1e - if you're at 1 h.p. you're fine but a 0 h.p. you're down and dying. FIX: a wound-vitality or body-fatigue hit point system where wound points are harder to cure, and where being in wound points hampers your ability to do various things. [/QUOTE]

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