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<blockquote data-quote="Andor" data-source="post: 4845001" data-attributes="member: 1879">In D&amp;D anything that can draw blood is considered to do damage. Even a house cat is considered to have a bite/claw/claw(claw/claw) attack routine. With every attack doing a minimum of one point of damage Garfield can shred the average mook in seconds. Even in 4th edition a horde of angry gerbils can strip an adventurer to the bone in seconds.Where am I going with this?Okay, Yesterday I had to deal with an enraged Kinkajou.&nbsp; (Don't laugh, it's in the raccoon family. They have teeth.) And in spite of sustaining several scratches and a few good bites including one where the tooth was actually hooked in my flesh and I had to pry her jaws apart so I could move up and off the tooth... I'm still not convinced I took an actual point of damage. I feel no closer to death. I don't feel less capable of dodging an incoming blow. I don't need a bards song to lift my spirits to get back on my feet. I would have taken out another animal it wasn't that I get yelled at for bleeding at the public. So how much damage is a point of damage?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Andor, post: 4845001, member: 1879"] In D&D anything that can draw blood is considered to do damage. Even a house cat is considered to have a bite/claw/claw(claw/claw) attack routine. With every attack doing a minimum of one point of damage Garfield can shred the average mook in seconds. Even in 4th edition a horde of angry gerbils can strip an adventurer to the bone in seconds. Where am I going with this? Okay, Yesterday I had to deal with an enraged Kinkajou. (Don't laugh, it's in the raccoon family. They have teeth.) And in spite of sustaining several scratches and a few good bites including one where the tooth was actually hooked in my flesh and I had to pry her jaws apart so I could move up and off the tooth... I'm still not convinced I took an actual point of damage. I feel no closer to death. I don't feel less capable of dodging an incoming blow. I don't need a bards song to lift my spirits to get back on my feet. I would have taken out another animal it wasn't that I get yelled at for bleeding at the public. So how much damage is a point of damage? [/QUOTE]

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