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<blockquote data-quote="Mallus" data-source="post: 4455299" data-attributes="member: 3887"><p>Since I think of D&D as a simulation of certain kinds of <em>fiction</em>, I don't usually worry about things like this; outside of the challenge, as DM, of narrating the effects of the various power/abilities in interesting ways, but if I had to...</p><p></p><p>... hit points are mostly morale (until you get to zero, that is). They represent a unit, err, person's ability to fight. I guess they also represent fatigue and a small amount of physical injury. </p><p></p><p>... healing surges are basically adrenaline and resolve. This neatly explains why a few rousing words (or your ally whacking as foe with his mace) can make you better.</p><p></p><p>... minions are unseasoned or unlucky (or both!) combatants that get dealt killing/disabling blows quicker than their more skilled/lucky comrades. </p><p></p><p>... the various martial powers represent <em>opportunities</em> to score more decisive/effective blows. You might question <em>why</em> these opportunities occur at such regular intervals, but then you might have to question why your life is so full of the chances for wealth and power, why your keep discovering all those monster-filled subterranean treasure vaults, or any other of the myriad contrivances and coincidences that D&D players have taken for granted since the early 70's.</p><p></p><p>BTW, here's the explanation for my Dragonborn Paladin's marking ability. I came up with this as a lark, but I think it's pretty amusing...</p><p></p><p>"His paladin's 'marking' ability involves him passing his sword under his cloaca, spraying it with his semen, and then flinging it foes. This, naturally, humiliates and enrages them. In addition, Dragonborn semen also has some mildly hallucinogenic properties, like the skin of certain frogs.</p><p></p><p>Scholars believe that this unorthodox combat technique has it's origins in Dragonborn reproductive biology. They conjecture that chemical agents in Dragonborn ejaculate sicken 'marked' females if they attempt to mate with, or even approach, other males."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mallus, post: 4455299, member: 3887"] Since I think of D&D as a simulation of certain kinds of [i]fiction[/i], I don't usually worry about things like this; outside of the challenge, as DM, of narrating the effects of the various power/abilities in interesting ways, but if I had to... ... hit points are mostly morale (until you get to zero, that is). They represent a unit, err, person's ability to fight. I guess they also represent fatigue and a small amount of physical injury. ... healing surges are basically adrenaline and resolve. This neatly explains why a few rousing words (or your ally whacking as foe with his mace) can make you better. ... minions are unseasoned or unlucky (or both!) combatants that get dealt killing/disabling blows quicker than their more skilled/lucky comrades. ... the various martial powers represent [i]opportunities[/i] to score more decisive/effective blows. You might question [i]why[/i] these opportunities occur at such regular intervals, but then you might have to question why your life is so full of the chances for wealth and power, why your keep discovering all those monster-filled subterranean treasure vaults, or any other of the myriad contrivances and coincidences that D&D players have taken for granted since the early 70's. BTW, here's the explanation for my Dragonborn Paladin's marking ability. I came up with this as a lark, but I think it's pretty amusing... "His paladin's 'marking' ability involves him passing his sword under his cloaca, spraying it with his semen, and then flinging it foes. This, naturally, humiliates and enrages them. In addition, Dragonborn semen also has some mildly hallucinogenic properties, like the skin of certain frogs. Scholars believe that this unorthodox combat technique has it's origins in Dragonborn reproductive biology. They conjecture that chemical agents in Dragonborn ejaculate sicken 'marked' females if they attempt to mate with, or even approach, other males." [/QUOTE]
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