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<blockquote data-quote="fba827" data-source="post: 4439618" data-attributes="member: 807"><p>In our group, we don't talk about hit points, but we will openly declared "bloodied" or "down and unconcious" when it happens (to PCs or others).</p><p></p><p>Also, the player is always free to ask "has that guy been hit at all yet" (since the characters would remember who was hit and who wasn't) or "which of the other PCs look bad?" (at which point the players would say 'not at all' 'barely bloodied' 'very bad off') or "i forgot, is that monster bloodied yet?" (especially our party tiefling, but others, have powers or feats that kick in for bloodied opponents, so they actually need to know this or they'll feel robbed of their power's effect)</p><p></p><p>Often as the DM I will toss out "he looks really bad off" about monsters (I'll usually say this if the monster gets down to 1-2 hp or something; of course, at that point several monsters would be turning to run)</p><p></p><p>So, long story short: we don't talk about hit points. but we do openly talk about bloodied status (for all creatures on the battlefield) and we will have some relative modifying descriptions tossed around if asked specifically about creature X, Y, or Z.</p><p></p><p>We don't have any hard and fast % based rules though.</p><p></p><p>As far as unconcious PCs helping with tactical advice, we try hard not to let that happen. But sometimes someone is just being hyper and wants to be part of the action rather than being quiet, so he/she blurts out the occasional. The DM will sometimes remind "remember, you're unconcious" but we never have to go in to a harsh penalty or anything over it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fba827, post: 4439618, member: 807"] In our group, we don't talk about hit points, but we will openly declared "bloodied" or "down and unconcious" when it happens (to PCs or others). Also, the player is always free to ask "has that guy been hit at all yet" (since the characters would remember who was hit and who wasn't) or "which of the other PCs look bad?" (at which point the players would say 'not at all' 'barely bloodied' 'very bad off') or "i forgot, is that monster bloodied yet?" (especially our party tiefling, but others, have powers or feats that kick in for bloodied opponents, so they actually need to know this or they'll feel robbed of their power's effect) Often as the DM I will toss out "he looks really bad off" about monsters (I'll usually say this if the monster gets down to 1-2 hp or something; of course, at that point several monsters would be turning to run) So, long story short: we don't talk about hit points. but we do openly talk about bloodied status (for all creatures on the battlefield) and we will have some relative modifying descriptions tossed around if asked specifically about creature X, Y, or Z. We don't have any hard and fast % based rules though. As far as unconcious PCs helping with tactical advice, we try hard not to let that happen. But sometimes someone is just being hyper and wants to be part of the action rather than being quiet, so he/she blurts out the occasional. The DM will sometimes remind "remember, you're unconcious" but we never have to go in to a harsh penalty or anything over it. [/QUOTE]
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