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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jefe Bergenstein" data-source="post: 8257165" data-attributes="member: 31506">Nah dude, HP are a gamist construct. Describe the following in a realistic manner.Bob is hit by a sword for 14 hit points of damage.Ted is healed for 3 HP of damage. To "realistically" narrate either, you basically have to take into account what percent of their whole Hp each wound represents. If Bob is a 1st level schmuck, that 14 damage is life threatening or fatal. For a high level guy, unless you find it realistic for people to run around with their guts hanging out and no negative performance impact, that 14 HP is a scratch.If Ted has 4 HP, that 3 HP of healing is impressive. If Ted has 100, that 3 HP means nothing.Nearly EVERY time friggin verisimilitude is invoked, it's just code for "Don't give fighters nice things!".</blockquote>