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<blockquote data-quote="Lordhawkins9" data-source="post: 5845827" data-attributes="member: 95206">There is none.&nbsp; That's my point.&nbsp; What's the difference between a system were you have to use resources to heal, but those resources are virtually endless, and a system were you can ge back countless hitpoints in a day by short resting?&nbsp; &nbsp;Let me put it this way...even after you go through more than half your hitpoints, you still have some sort of resources used to get back wounds right?&nbsp; How common are those healing resources?&nbsp; If they are virtually endless, your system doesn't help anything...it makes it worse.&nbsp; If those resources are rare...well, THAT is the solution, not the system.&nbsp; Make those resources rare, and we don't need new hitpoint systems. &nbsp;&nbsp;Not if it's assumed you're taking half or more of you hitpoints every encounter.&nbsp; One of the many things that soured me to 4E was that even after wearing the best armor and allocating numerous feats to enhance my AC...I still got hit.&nbsp; A lot.&nbsp; That makes armor pointless.&nbsp; &nbsp;I'm running a 1E game right now and armor makes a big difference.&nbsp; The tank PC's are up front getting all the attention and don't get hit often.&nbsp; That means they get to adventure longer through the day and when characters do take damage, they feel it.&nbsp;They only have a handfull of potions and one staff of curing to go along with a Cleric.&nbsp; If they get badly beat in a fight, they have to decide how much of those expendable resources they really want to use.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lordhawkins9, post: 5845827, member: 95206"] There is none. That's my point. What's the difference between a system were you have to use resources to heal, but those resources are virtually endless, and a system were you can ge back countless hitpoints in a day by short resting? Let me put it this way...even after you go through more than half your hitpoints, you still have some sort of resources used to get back wounds right? How common are those healing resources? If they are virtually endless, your system doesn't help anything...it makes it worse. If those resources are rare...well, THAT is the solution, not the system. Make those resources rare, and we don't need new hitpoint systems. Not if it's assumed you're taking half or more of you hitpoints every encounter. One of the many things that soured me to 4E was that even after wearing the best armor and allocating numerous feats to enhance my AC...I still got hit. A lot. That makes armor pointless. I'm running a 1E game right now and armor makes a big difference. The tank PC's are up front getting all the attention and don't get hit often. That means they get to adventure longer through the day and when characters do take damage, they feel it. They only have a handfull of potions and one staff of curing to go along with a Cleric. If they get badly beat in a fight, they have to decide how much of those expendable resources they really want to use. [/QUOTE]

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