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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 6211367" data-attributes="member: 4937">You mean with no psionic points left.&nbsp;&nbsp; If no psionic defense points are left, the psionic begins losing attack points instead (or at least, they can).But sure, as to your question, why not?&nbsp; See, now you are reduced from arguing that the interpretation is not consistent, to arguing that it isn't 'realistic' for a brain to be able to recover from injury.&nbsp;&nbsp; But for this use of 'realistic', now it's perfectly reasonable to ask whether you find magic, dragons, and so forth realistic.&nbsp; Because of the fact that D&amp;D exists in an alternate universe from this one, there is no reason to suppose that the biology, chemistry, and physics of that universe are perfectly congruent with our own in every detail.&nbsp;&nbsp; Ok, so we've just learned that damage to the brain can often be healed in this universe.&nbsp; So what?&nbsp; We also accept say in 3rd edition, that actual intelligence damage will usually heal on its own.&nbsp; I've got no problem with that because heroes in fiction that suffer concussions and blows that cause even traumatic injuries to the brain, usually just get better as well.&nbsp;&nbsp; So we are living in a story book universe.&nbsp; So what?&nbsp; The explanation for hit points remains consistent and remains EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE BEEN EXPLICTLY TOLD IT IS. Again, why the mental back flips?&nbsp; Does the text need to tell us, &quot;Oh yeah, for the purposes of the game many physical injuries that would be crippling and permanently debilitating in the real world just get better.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; Would that make you feel better about the fiction?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 6211367, member: 4937"] You mean with no psionic points left. If no psionic defense points are left, the psionic begins losing attack points instead (or at least, they can). But sure, as to your question, why not? See, now you are reduced from arguing that the interpretation is not consistent, to arguing that it isn't 'realistic' for a brain to be able to recover from injury. But for this use of 'realistic', now it's perfectly reasonable to ask whether you find magic, dragons, and so forth realistic. Because of the fact that D&D exists in an alternate universe from this one, there is no reason to suppose that the biology, chemistry, and physics of that universe are perfectly congruent with our own in every detail. Ok, so we've just learned that damage to the brain can often be healed in this universe. So what? We also accept say in 3rd edition, that actual intelligence damage will usually heal on its own. I've got no problem with that because heroes in fiction that suffer concussions and blows that cause even traumatic injuries to the brain, usually just get better as well. So we are living in a story book universe. So what? The explanation for hit points remains consistent and remains EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE BEEN EXPLICTLY TOLD IT IS. Again, why the mental back flips? Does the text need to tell us, "Oh yeah, for the purposes of the game many physical injuries that would be crippling and permanently debilitating in the real world just get better." Would that make you feel better about the fiction? [/QUOTE]

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