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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GMMichael" data-source="post: 6356542" data-attributes="member: 6685730">I just love seeing jaz0n's Golgo 13 juxtaposed with Gamgee's Doom-III-looking avatar.For some reason, this quote got me thinking about hit points.  Now I know; more hit points does not equal dumbing down.  But over D&D editions (industry standard?), specifically AD&D 2e, 3e, and then Pathfinder, hit points per character have gone up.  And one of two things has been going on here:1) Opponents have been dealing more damage, so the net result is that the game is actually smarter - for making players do more math.2) Opponents have been dealing equal or less damage, so players can rely on hit points to save them from their bad decisions.</blockquote>