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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Baduin" data-source="post: 3868835" data-attributes="member: 45562">Mechanically, Conviction is not a narrative mechanic (the only narrative thing about it is that you can regain it for good roleplaying, although you get 1 per day automatically). Conviction is mechanically an improved kind of hit points. It has the following benefits compared to standard hit points:1) It does not allow to survive a fall from orbit, or anything similarly ridiculous. A really strong hit will kill you, conviction or no conviction. On the other hand, you can survive a lot of sword cuts with it.2) It works not only against damage, but also against spells requiring saves. Accordingly, you have only one resource which allows you to avoid all kinds of adversities. Because of this, non-damage spells and damage scale better.3) It can be used to fuel special abilities, both general and specific for a character.In effect, the amount of Conviction left shows how long a character can keep going.</blockquote>