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<blockquote data-quote="Korgoth" data-source="post: 4170046" data-attributes="member: 49613">I consider that a feature and not a bug (although I'm coming from a OD&amp;D/Classic perspective, long before hit point totals reached their present stratospheric levels).Is it also a problem in a game where HP represent pure &quot;structural integrity&quot; (like BRP for example) that the game doesn't indicate, when I smash my mace into your torso, whether I broke any ribs, and if so how many, and whether any bone fragments entered you lung, etc.?As a DM, I'm comfortable narrating the results of the die rolls.&nbsp; You pop a sneak attack on Chuck.&nbsp; Chuck obviously lives.&nbsp; Chuck turns around and kills you.&nbsp; Those are the facts.&nbsp; When you hit Chuck initially, maybe I'll narrate that his Chuck Sense was tingling and you only landed a glancing blow because he sidestepped, or maybe a Valkyrie dazzled you before you could land your blow and so it was merely a flesh wound, or maybe you drove your dirk into his back to the hilt but the blade obviously missed all of his vitals, if only by milimeters, etc.&nbsp; I'll just say whichever one sounds cool at the time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Korgoth, post: 4170046, member: 49613"] I consider that a feature and not a bug (although I'm coming from a OD&D/Classic perspective, long before hit point totals reached their present stratospheric levels). Is it also a problem in a game where HP represent pure "structural integrity" (like BRP for example) that the game doesn't indicate, when I smash my mace into your torso, whether I broke any ribs, and if so how many, and whether any bone fragments entered you lung, etc.? As a DM, I'm comfortable narrating the results of the die rolls. You pop a sneak attack on Chuck. Chuck obviously lives. Chuck turns around and kills you. Those are the facts. When you hit Chuck initially, maybe I'll narrate that his Chuck Sense was tingling and you only landed a glancing blow because he sidestepped, or maybe a Valkyrie dazzled you before you could land your blow and so it was merely a flesh wound, or maybe you drove your dirk into his back to the hilt but the blade obviously missed all of his vitals, if only by milimeters, etc. I'll just say whichever one sounds cool at the time. [/QUOTE]

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