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<blockquote data-quote="Iosue" data-source="post: 6211092" data-attributes="member: 6680772">I just don't see this.&nbsp; The rule gives damage if an enemy can take damage.&nbsp; Just like every HP-depleting option in the game.&nbsp; If the enemy cannot have their HP depleted, then the mechanic will not deplete their HP.All damage in D&amp;D, in every edition, is narrative-independent.&nbsp; There are no called shots, no hit locations.&nbsp; It falls to the DM to narrate the effect of any HP loss in the game, to the degree that they want to.&nbsp; There's nothing that makes this mechanic any different in that regard.&nbsp; How do you narrate a &quot;critical hit&quot; that only takes away a third of the opponent's remaining HP?&nbsp; How do you narrate a damage roll of 1 that kills an opponent?So one time the fighter misses with the sword but is able to get a glancing elbow in.&nbsp; Another time the opponent avoids the hit just enough so it's only a light scratch.&nbsp; Another time it's a strained muscle avoiding a blow.&nbsp; Still another time it's not even any physical injury -- the GWF totally whiffs, but avoiding the blow just used up a little bit of the opponent's luck.If the GWF can hit it and do damage, then he can miss and do a much less amount, and any other character that can deal damage and damage it just as well.&nbsp; Unless you try to make a monster that only the GWF can damage on a miss: AC higher than anyone's prof and magic bonuses, immune to all magic, etc.&nbsp; And if you're going through all that trouble, just give the creature damage resistance 5.&nbsp; Boom.&nbsp; Not even a GWF with 20 STR can damage it on a miss.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Iosue, post: 6211092, member: 6680772"] I just don't see this. The rule gives damage if an enemy can take damage. Just like every HP-depleting option in the game. If the enemy cannot have their HP depleted, then the mechanic will not deplete their HP. [i]All[/i] damage in D&D, in every edition, is narrative-independent. There are no called shots, no hit locations. It falls to the DM to narrate the effect of [i]any[/i] HP loss in the game, to the degree that they want to. There's nothing that makes this mechanic any different in that regard. How do you narrate a "critical hit" that only takes away a third of the opponent's remaining HP? How do you narrate a damage roll of 1 that kills an opponent? So one time the fighter misses with the sword but is able to get a glancing elbow in. Another time the opponent avoids the hit just enough so it's only a light scratch. Another time it's a strained muscle avoiding a blow. Still another time it's not even any physical injury -- the GWF totally whiffs, but avoiding the blow just used up a little bit of the opponent's luck. If the GWF can hit it and do damage, then he can miss and do a much less amount, and any other character that can deal damage and damage it just as well. Unless you try to make a monster that only the GWF can damage on a miss: AC higher than anyone's prof and magic bonuses, immune to all magic, etc. And if you're going through all that trouble, just give the creature damage resistance 5. Boom. Not even a GWF with 20 STR can damage it on a miss. [/QUOTE]

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