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<blockquote data-quote="jodyjohnson" data-source="post: 6820544" data-attributes="member: 5590">If think the consensus was that &quot;HP as Meat&quot; refers to understanding that when you lose Hit Points it always causes some sort of injury that must heal even if the majority is non-physical (luck, stamina, mojo).&nbsp; There aren't times when you take &quot;Damage&quot; from a &quot;Hit&quot; that was actually not an injury, no matter how minor (bruise, scratch, nerve trauma, light blistering).&nbsp; When a character goes to zero and needs to stabilize or die - that is always an injury and likely serious.&quot;HP as Mojo&quot; generally means Hits do not necessarily cause injury, but it depends on the final result which usually isn't apparent until the target dies (&quot;I guess it was serious&quot;) or the target recovers completely in a short period without using any healing magic (short period being a 'Short Rest').&nbsp; Unconsciousness is not necessarily serious depending on how (Nat 1, failing 3 Death saves, Nat 20, natural recovery - X hours, then add short rest) and how quickly the subject dies or pops back up.&nbsp; This is the &quot;Schrodinger's cat&quot; aspect - you can't actually narrate what happened until you know the final resolution of the combat (did the target die, did it use magical healing, did it require extended natural healing, or did it return to full capacity within hours or less).&nbsp; Your narration is likely to be nonsensical if the recovery needed doesn't match the severity of the narrated wound.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jodyjohnson, post: 6820544, member: 5590"] If think the consensus was that "HP as Meat" refers to understanding that when you lose Hit Points it always causes some sort of injury that must heal even if the majority is non-physical (luck, stamina, mojo). There aren't times when you take "Damage" from a "Hit" that was actually not an injury, no matter how minor (bruise, scratch, nerve trauma, light blistering). When a character goes to zero and needs to stabilize or die - that is always an injury and likely serious. "HP as Mojo" generally means Hits do not necessarily cause injury, but it depends on the final result which usually isn't apparent until the target dies ("I guess it was serious") or the target recovers completely in a short period without using any healing magic (short period being a 'Short Rest'). Unconsciousness is not necessarily serious depending on how (Nat 1, failing 3 Death saves, Nat 20, natural recovery - X hours, then add short rest) and how quickly the subject dies or pops back up. This is the "Schrodinger's cat" aspect - you can't actually narrate what happened until you know the final resolution of the combat (did the target die, did it use magical healing, did it require extended natural healing, or did it return to full capacity within hours or less). Your narration is likely to be nonsensical if the recovery needed doesn't match the severity of the narrated wound. [/QUOTE]

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