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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Micah Sweet" data-source="post: 9058447" data-attributes="member: 6747251">I'm not thrilled with hit points either, but its not the ultimate answer to this argument that some people seem to think it is.  There is a spectrum for this stuff, and you can accept the necessary evil of hit points, try to make it work for you, and still try for reasonable simulation in other areas.  TSR and WOTC have both done it to various degrees for decades now.  So has the OSR.And where does it say in the books that D&D is "gonzo" (a fan word if ever I saw one) to the extent that realism as we know it on Earth has no place in it, for any PC?  Seriously, show me your evidence.</blockquote>