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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mmadsen" data-source="post: 177165" data-attributes="member: 1645">Hit Point ScalingMonte complains about not hit-point damage systems:From my experience, other game systems try to make combat super-deadly, in an effort to distinguish themselves from D&D.What I find fascinating is Monte's support of Hit Points for scaling well, when, of course, they don't.  Mundane attacks (1d8 swords and spears) just stop mattering at higher levels.  We all know the pain of cornering a PC at sword point or surrounding him with crossbowmen only to either (a) institute rules that sidestep Hit Points to keep these attacks lethal, or (b) twist the rules/expectations of the game to make those crossbowmen Rogues with extra Sneak Attack damage, or (c) plead with the players to go along and pretend their characters are in fact threatened.D&D has a tendency to scale everything together.  Hit Points, Armor Class, Attack Bonus, and Damage all increase in almost lock-step, and low damage for a high-level monster is almost always very, very high damage for anyone except high-level heroes.</blockquote>