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<blockquote data-quote="DND_Reborn" data-source="post: 8144303" data-attributes="member: 6987520">I disagree but if you consider them so, no wonder you have problems with hit points.Someone who is 90/100 (and has 90 hit point left) is much more effective in a fight than a PC that is 9/10 because if both were hit for 12 damage, the first would still be very effective, as where the other would be unconscious and making death saves. So, is the measure of how much &quot;combat effectiveness&quot; higher in the first PC than the second? IMO, yes.Perhaps it is just the terminology that is an issue?Are you &quot;hit&quot; though? It is more that the &quot;attack against you was effective&quot; and consequently your effectiveness will be reduced by the amount rolled. When your hp equals 0 you are no longer effective in the fight-- you are out.I am really not getting this example: &quot;Someone at 34/50 has been hit twice as many times, or twice as severely, as someone at 42/100.&quot;The first has suffered only 16 points of damage, and is at 68% of their maximum, as where the latter has sustained 58 points of damage and is only at 42% of their maximum. So, how has the first &quot;been hit twice as many times, or twice as severely&quot;?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DND_Reborn, post: 8144303, member: 6987520"] I disagree but if you consider them so, no wonder you have problems with hit points. Someone who is 90/100 (and has 90 hit point left) is much more effective in a fight than a PC that is 9/10 because if both were hit for 12 damage, the first would still be very effective, as where the other would be unconscious and making death saves. So, is the measure of how much "combat effectiveness" higher in the first PC than the second? IMO, yes. Perhaps it is just the terminology that is an issue? Are you "hit" though? It is more that the "attack against you was effective" and consequently your effectiveness will be reduced by the amount rolled. When your hp equals 0 you are no longer effective in the fight-- you are out. I am really not getting this example: "[I]Someone at 34/50 has been hit twice as many times, or twice as severely, as someone at 42/100.[/I]" The first has suffered only 16 points of damage, and is at 68% of their maximum, as where the latter has sustained 58 points of damage and is only at 42% of their maximum. So, how has the first "[I]been hit twice as many times, or twice as severely[/I]"? [/QUOTE]

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