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<blockquote data-quote="Flamestrike" data-source="post: 8031999" data-attributes="member: 6788736">When you take damage from a 10 tonne boulder being dropped on you, (I dunno, 10d6 damage or whatever) and it doesnt kill you (on account of you having a lot of HP) the boulder doesnt land on you squarely.You're saved by some lucky contrivance (being pinned in soft mud under the boulder), you resolutely leap out of the way at the last second, are saved by your experience telling you to look up in time, or the boulder lands next to you only just scraping your arm or whatever, trapping your cloak underneath it or whatever narrative contrivance the DM goes with to narrate your loss of HP.Thats what HP are, an abstraction of luck, resolve, health and experience.Its like saying 20th level characters can know they cant be killed by a dagger because a dagger only deals 1d4 damage.&nbsp; They get killed by daggers all the darn time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Flamestrike, post: 8031999, member: 6788736"] When you take damage from a 10 tonne boulder being dropped on you, (I dunno, 10d6 damage or whatever) and it doesnt kill you (on account of you having a lot of HP)[B] the boulder doesnt land on you squarely[/B]. You're saved by some [B]lucky [/B]contrivance (being pinned in soft mud under the boulder), you [B]resolutely [/B]leap out of the way at the last second, are saved by your [B]experience [/B]telling you to look up in time, or the boulder lands next to you only just scraping your arm or whatever, trapping your cloak underneath it or whatever narrative contrivance the DM goes with to narrate your loss of HP. Thats what HP are, an abstraction of luck, resolve, health and experience. Its like saying 20th level characters can know they cant be killed by a dagger because a dagger only deals 1d4 damage. They get killed by daggers all the darn time. [/QUOTE]

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