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<blockquote data-quote="Allimar" data-source="post: 4390287" data-attributes="member: 74119">HpThe only way I could see changing out HP would be kind of complicated. getting rid of the RPG system would mean you have a set among vs factors (bonus for Con and Str) &nbsp;Ive played some games where the character had a set HP. you would get skills or levels and gain a couple more (going from 3 or so to 4 or 5) so you really had to be careful. &nbsp;If everyone had only 15 HP (Str and Con maybe 20 or 25hp), an weapon doing 1d8 would with str and skill bonus could be devastating rolling a 20. You would really want that cleric and healing potions, buffs, ect.&nbsp;Instead RPGs just increase all the values per level. Making it impossible to have a level 1 or 2 getting a lucky shot and killing or maiming a level 20. I never understood this logic but that’s what we do. I do like how characters become more powerful, but if you want it to make sense then you’ll have to rework details.In writing this, I have just realized that the 20th century thinking of RPGs is nothing more then a game of inflating HP and damage values represented by levels, where enemies to be a challenge also gain HP and damage. &nbsp;Really the game doesn’t get harder, just more cumbersome with numbers. </blockquote>

[QUOTE="Allimar, post: 4390287, member: 74119"] [b]Hp[/b] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white]The only way I could see changing out HP would be kind of complicated. getting rid of the RPG system would mean you have a set among vs factors (bonus for Con and Str) [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white]Ive played some games where the character had a set HP. you would get skills or levels and gain a couple more (going from 3 or so to 4 or 5) so you really had to be careful. [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white]If everyone had only 15 HP (Str and Con maybe 20 or 25hp), an weapon doing 1d8 would with str and skill bonus could be devastating rolling a 20. You would really want that cleric and healing potions, buffs, ect.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana][COLOR=white]Instead RPGs just increase all the values per level. Making it impossible to have a level 1 or 2 getting a lucky shot and killing or maiming a level 20. I never understood this logic but that’s what we do. I do like how characters become more powerful, but if you want it to make sense then you’ll have to rework details.[/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=royalblue]In writing this, I have just realized that the 20th century thinking of RPGs is nothing more then a game of inflating HP and damage values represented by levels, where enemies to be a challenge also gain HP and damage. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=white][COLOR=royalblue]Really the game doesn’t get harder, just more cumbersome with numbers.[/COLOR] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]

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