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<blockquote data-quote="Emerikol" data-source="post: 6263928" data-attributes="member: 6698278">My takeI believe that in the past D&amp;D mostly supported a variety of views on hit points.&nbsp;&nbsp; I believe that 4e took a very strong stand and made a lot of people, including myself, very unhappy.&nbsp;&nbsp; I admit though that 4e did a lot of other things unrelated to hit points so it's not all hit points.Now, even though I believe D&amp;D &quot;mostly&quot; supported a variety of views, I think more could be done to make themselves more neutral.&nbsp;&nbsp; So I'd avoid mechanics that take sides in the debate.&nbsp; By default in the core book, no power would exist that would not make sense whatever view of hit points you have.&nbsp; I might have some modules that more directly support a particular view.Since healing and recovery are so tied to your view on these issues, I would not set a particular approach as default.&nbsp; I'd explain the issues and provide several solid modules on how hit points are recovered.&nbsp;&nbsp; I might even make those more fine grained so that people can opt in as they choose on different subjects.Because if D&amp;D makes it hard to play using a conception of hit points that I've used consistently throughout D&amp;D prior to 4e, then I just won't play D&amp;D.&nbsp; Abandoning my view on hit points for a more narrative one, is not something I even consider.&nbsp; I'll play C&amp;C or some older version of D&amp;D if that is my only choice.&nbsp;&nbsp; So my advice to the dev team is avoid taking sides.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Emerikol, post: 6263928, member: 6698278"] [b]My take[/b] I believe that in the past D&D mostly supported a variety of views on hit points. I believe that 4e took a very strong stand and made a lot of people, including myself, very unhappy. I admit though that 4e did a lot of other things unrelated to hit points so it's not all hit points. Now, even though I believe D&D "mostly" supported a variety of views, I think more could be done to make themselves more neutral. So I'd avoid mechanics that take sides in the debate. By default in the core book, no power would exist that would not make sense whatever view of hit points you have. I might have some modules that more directly support a particular view. Since healing and recovery are so tied to your view on these issues, I would not set a particular approach as default. I'd explain the issues and provide several solid modules on how hit points are recovered. I might even make those more fine grained so that people can opt in as they choose on different subjects. Because if D&D makes it hard to play using a conception of hit points that I've used consistently throughout D&D prior to 4e, then I just won't play D&D. Abandoning my view on hit points for a more narrative one, is not something I even consider. I'll play C&C or some older version of D&D if that is my only choice. So my advice to the dev team is avoid taking sides. [/QUOTE]

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