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<blockquote data-quote="Griffith Dragonlake" data-source="post: 3313496" data-attributes="member: 40379">I wouldn't call them edge cases. I would argue that the fencers in question were high level fighters. My experience in the martial arts and the SCA is that highly experienced fighters can sustain a lot more punnishment than novice ones. Those same &quot;high level fighters&quot; have more determination to win in spite of injuries than the &quot;lower level&quot; ones.I think the reason many peple drop when hit with 1 bullet or 1 sword hit is because they are not experienced in receiving damage and overcoming the pain. For all the complaints about D&amp;D hit points, I think that when combined with critical hits it does a pretty good job of modeling highly experienced, i.e. high level combatants. I'm also reminded of a passage from Mallory's Morte d'Arthur where 2 knights fought each other all day long, their armor in tatters yet surviving the fight. So I'll also add 'pretty good job of modeling highly experienced literary combatants.'Thanks for the info!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Griffith Dragonlake, post: 3313496, member: 40379"] I wouldn't call them edge cases. I would argue that the fencers in question were high level fighters. My experience in the martial arts and the SCA is that highly experienced fighters can sustain a lot more punnishment than novice ones. Those same "high level fighters" have more determination to win in spite of injuries than the "lower level" ones. I think the reason many peple drop when hit with 1 bullet or 1 sword hit is because they are not experienced in receiving damage and overcoming the pain. For all the complaints about D&D hit points, I think that when combined with critical hits it does a pretty good job of modeling highly experienced, i.e. high level combatants. I'm also reminded of a passage from Mallory's Morte d'Arthur where 2 knights fought each other all day long, their armor in tatters yet surviving the fight. So I'll also add 'pretty good job of modeling highly experienced literary combatants.' Thanks for the info! [/QUOTE]

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