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<blockquote data-quote="prosfilaes" data-source="post: 5915275" data-attributes="member: 40166">I don't take hit points as a metagame mechanic; hit point damage is real&nbsp; damage and someone with enough points in the Heal skill can eyeball&nbsp; pretty closely how much more damage someone can take. Yes, the two of us have been around this block before, and I have to acknowledge that that takes some willful denial of how hit points work in D&amp;D, but I've made my peace with that. Fate points are a different matter. I like giving the player a little more flexibility and safety room, but if people started saying things like &quot;You charge, you've got the Fate Points to handle it&quot;, it would really rub me the wrong way. If it were imbedded enough into the fabric of D&amp;D, I probably would justify it in game; there's no reason people, especially people charged with fate, in a D&amp;D world couldn't sense other people charged with fate.Thank you. There certainly is a line here, and it gets a bit tiring for both sides to keep arguing as if the other side is being willfully obstinate or blind.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="prosfilaes, post: 5915275, member: 40166"] I don't take hit points as a metagame mechanic; hit point damage is real damage and someone with enough points in the Heal skill can eyeball pretty closely how much more damage someone can take. Yes, the two of us have been around this block before, and I have to acknowledge that that takes some willful denial of how hit points work in D&D, but I've made my peace with that. Fate points are a different matter. I like giving the player a little more flexibility and safety room, but if people started saying things like "You charge, you've got the Fate Points to handle it", it would really rub me the wrong way. If it were imbedded enough into the fabric of D&D, I probably [I]would[/I] justify it in game; there's no reason people, especially people charged with fate, in a D&D world couldn't sense other people charged with fate. Thank you. There certainly is a line here, and it gets a bit tiring for both sides to keep arguing as if the other side is being willfully obstinate or blind. [/QUOTE]

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