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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TheLoneRanger1979" data-source="post: 6869394" data-attributes="member: 6804148">A fairly good diversion of the OP and one that made me think a bit more on the subject. Firstly, at our tables we have always hand waved HPs, and probably always will. It's just more convenient that way and saves us a lot of time.But, from a purely game play theoretical view, regardless of system or platform, i've generally come up with the 2 separate interpretations of HPs and i prefer the 2nd one (as mentioned in a previous post).The first one is HPs as health points and 2E with it's slow healing (without magic) and implied context fits more into this one. It's not perfect, mind you but it does the trick in a way that those "energy bars" in the fighting arcades do. Personally i was never a fan of the system for the same reasons many people here argue in favor of modeling some kind of injury system. I mean yeah, my 19 Con dwarf fighter can surely walk around with an orcish ax embedded in his head and slay orcs for a few hours, before even stopping for rest...... right..... immersion abounds...... But another reason i don't favor HPs as health points is the armor system as well. If HP is health then all armor should reduce damage (by percentile or fixed amount). And then you need regional-body part injury system that is just far too robust for P&P.The other interpretation, HP as DP or "defense points" (a combination of luck, skill and stamina) fits closer to 4E and 5E modeling of the limited resource management. And if we look at it from the perspective of how far one is from being actually struck down or knocked out then it makes sense that PCs can partially regenerate this resource during the day, between encounters. Yes the system still lacks injuries as such, but:As mentioned...... such solutions exist, at the expense of slowing down the game play. The question here is, if we actually think this slow down worth the overall immersion/fun factor this will bring and that is IMO based on a largely individual preference.</blockquote>

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