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Message: <blockquote data-quote="77IM" data-source="post: 4562136" data-attributes="member: 12377">Another variant I've seen is that when you drop to 0 hp or below, you get a wound.Under my system (still very much a work-in-progress:  <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/4e-fan-creations-house-rules/240891-wound-system.html" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/forum/4e-fan-creations-house-rules/240891-wound-system.html</a>), wounds are usually voluntary on the part of the player receiving them.  This is because suffering a wound is a major story element and I want players to retain control of their PC's personal story.  (This idea originally came from the upcoming A Song of Ice and Fire RPG from Green Ronin.)There's also the question:  What is the point of getting a wound?  What does it add to the game?  To me, it adds a trade-off between short-term and long-term damage.  Hit points and status effects (dazed, weakened, slowed, etc.) already do a good job of representing short-term injuries.  They might cause you to lose the fight, but they go away after a short rest.  A wound really shouldn't affect the current combat (at least, not any more so than hit point damage or regular status effects) but may provide a mechanism for hampering the character for a period of days or weeks.  (This idea is from Kieth Baker, who was looking for a reason for the healers of House Jorasco to exist in a world where an extended rest cures all wounds.) -- 77IM</blockquote>