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<blockquote data-quote="Coroc" data-source="post: 7828702" data-attributes="member: 6895991"><p>For the HP = injury I offer my players following solution since some come from a different system where injuries actually lead to malus in certain stats:</p><p></p><p>I tell them D&D hp are totally abstract and they can RP it anyway they like but it does not have mechanical consequences. So a char down to 1 hp might be exhausted or covered with bleeding wounds.</p><p>Fatality aka real damage only applies if the character gets knocked out and fails his death saves or gets instakilled.</p><p></p><p>So it is better to keep your narrative ideas a bit lower in profile, only if you really die then act it out e.g. like "the cut from the orc slashes you in half" or so.</p><p></p><p>For the short rest long rest I use gritty healing short rest is a nights rest and long rest is a weekend preferable at some nice place where you can relax, it is assumed that the party uses their healing capability to get rid of their injuries thereby restoring their hp to max.</p><p></p><p>D&D never was a good simulation in some areas, so just do not try to make it one.</p><p>Example: Armor should reduce damage, instead it allows you to escape being hit</p><p></p><p>What I do not like are some of the RAW weapon concepts.</p><p></p><p>Bow and arrows should not be able to work effectively against armored foes, instead they dish out better dpr than xbow bec. of their ROF. Als o Bow damage boon should depend on STR not on dex.</p><p></p><p>Quarterstaff 1 handed is stupid. Qarterstaff doing 1d8 2handed and 1d6 1-handed is as plain stupid and unbelievable as it can get. Saw of the tip of a spear to make it do more damage? That's b***t.</p><p>Instant houserule by me to make it 2h use only thereby doing 1d6. The crown of it was adding pm feat to quarterstaff but not to spear, and some folks would use quarterstaff 1h with a shield and pm ( and duelist eventually) . If I played in a campaign where the DM would allow this I would lose my immersion.</p><p></p><p>Leather and studded leather do not exist in my campaigns for the same reason. There is padded armor Gambeson and Brigandine instead. The same goes for ring mail. That is a thing which did never exist and would not work in reality.</p><p></p><p>Oh did I mention the dual lance wielding gnome paladin? Ah no I better let this one out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Coroc, post: 7828702, member: 6895991"] For the HP = injury I offer my players following solution since some come from a different system where injuries actually lead to malus in certain stats: I tell them D&D hp are totally abstract and they can RP it anyway they like but it does not have mechanical consequences. So a char down to 1 hp might be exhausted or covered with bleeding wounds. Fatality aka real damage only applies if the character gets knocked out and fails his death saves or gets instakilled. So it is better to keep your narrative ideas a bit lower in profile, only if you really die then act it out e.g. like "the cut from the orc slashes you in half" or so. For the short rest long rest I use gritty healing short rest is a nights rest and long rest is a weekend preferable at some nice place where you can relax, it is assumed that the party uses their healing capability to get rid of their injuries thereby restoring their hp to max. D&D never was a good simulation in some areas, so just do not try to make it one. Example: Armor should reduce damage, instead it allows you to escape being hit What I do not like are some of the RAW weapon concepts. Bow and arrows should not be able to work effectively against armored foes, instead they dish out better dpr than xbow bec. of their ROF. Als o Bow damage boon should depend on STR not on dex. Quarterstaff 1 handed is stupid. Qarterstaff doing 1d8 2handed and 1d6 1-handed is as plain stupid and unbelievable as it can get. Saw of the tip of a spear to make it do more damage? That's b***t. Instant houserule by me to make it 2h use only thereby doing 1d6. The crown of it was adding pm feat to quarterstaff but not to spear, and some folks would use quarterstaff 1h with a shield and pm ( and duelist eventually) . If I played in a campaign where the DM would allow this I would lose my immersion. Leather and studded leather do not exist in my campaigns for the same reason. There is padded armor Gambeson and Brigandine instead. The same goes for ring mail. That is a thing which did never exist and would not work in reality. Oh did I mention the dual lance wielding gnome paladin? Ah no I better let this one out. [/QUOTE]
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