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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mirivor" data-source="post: 1658110" data-attributes="member: 7478">I am on the verge of introducing this system to my players, though I call it hit point/blood point1. Do not take away the size modifiers to WP. This is critical for several reasons. The main one to me is that later, when the players have wide crit ranges, they will be able to take down even massive creatures like dragons if the massive beasties don't have the bonus points2. One method to consider is taking "nonlethal" damage applies directly to VP. Since VP represents luck, evasion, and basic energy, rule that nonlethal damage affects VP normally. Only when a character is out of VP, or when a critical hit is achieved using nonlethal means, do you start comparing point totals.... in this case, a characters current wp total against the nonlethal damage that he has taken above and beyond his VP..... Was that understandable?3. That is the case. Someone with high constitution, by its very definition, should die harder, so to speak. If I am hardier than my buddy and we both take a thwacking, I will bounce back faster than he. Something that I altered was the whole "made the save by x" rule. I decided that character may fall to -10 WP. When they reach zero, they make the fortitude save DC 15 to remain conscious, whether they stabilize or not they continue the saves every round with cumulative +1 to the DC. This allows for the Boromir scene types, where a warrior is dying but able to speak. Last, but not least:4. Be careful here. D&D is still a fantasy game, and being crushed by boulder after boulder every adventure would get really discouraging. I would rule that if you are crushed and fail your saving throw, then you take the full damage to VP AND 1 WP damage per die. So, if the boulder deals you 10D6, you take 10D6 VP and 10 WP.</blockquote>

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