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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gargoyle" data-source="post: 6335420" data-attributes="member: 529">Even the term bloodied implies that hp are indeed, meat, at least sometimes, but of course that's just the name of it and it has no effect by itself.  Regarding effectiveness of warlord healing, I honestly don't remember.  Perhaps I'm thinking of low levels.I do appreciate your concern, and you're not forcing anything on me;  I like the discussion, I just wanted to be clear that I'm not here to argue my viewpoint at all.  I just find the topic interesting and don't mind defending my viewpoint as long as I have the time and feel like I have something to contribute.  I don't expect everyone to agree with me...indeed, it seems I'm in the minority and that's ok.  I'm perhaps not the best communicator, so I'm certain the fault is more on my side, therefore: Epic Lurker.While HP as meat is clearly not correct, HP as "never meat" is also something that is clearly incorrect, even the existence of the term "bloodied" implies this.  I'm not sure anyone here is saying that hit points are never wounds, but some seem to be against ever describing hit point damage as wounds more deep than scratches and bruises.   Maybe that's the way I should do it to accommodate non-magical healing.  But it seems less exciting and more of a stretch of the imagination to me.  I'll think about it.And here we have an example of me not communicating well.  My definition of gruesome may not be as gruesome as I've implied, and it's not really that big a deal different.  Neonchameleon had a good point about that as do you, and I concede that.</blockquote>

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