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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DMZ2112" data-source="post: 6260780" data-attributes="member: 78752">For what it is worth, I think 3 HP means something completely different depending on the target's HP total and remaining HP.  a character with 13/16 HP is winded, maybe.  A character with 4/16 HP who takes 3 more is hurtin' for certain.  And frankly, that's exactly what a numerical HP total tells us.I don't do any of this math at the table -- it's all broad strokes -- but I tend to think about HP as a logarithmic scale.  A character with 16 HP hasn't taken any real hits until they're bloodied at 8 HP.  Once they're bloodied it becomes much easier to injure them -- a character at 4/16 HP has taken another injury that's going to need literal healing, in the sense of flesh knitting.  At 2/16, another.  At 1/16, another.  And at 0/16, they're barely upright.  Below 0, they have lost enough blood to lose consciousness and are bleeding profusely enough that their life is in immediate danger.Of course, this is D&D, so these statuses have no in-game effect, other than that it becomes easier and easier to kill the character the more HP they lose, which is all the simulation I'm really looking for in D&D.  A player with a character at 1 HP ought to /roleplay/  that character completely differently than when they are at full HP, but that's ultimately up to the player.My choice in the poll was "she gets hit for 3 HP," but my answer would have been a lot different if the character had only 4 HP remaining and was hit for 3 more.  That's a terrible blow.  But at max HP you're still in the realm of fatigue, strain, and bruising.  It's real damage, but within mortal powers of regeneration.</blockquote>

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