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<blockquote data-quote="Emerikol" data-source="post: 6004561" data-attributes="member: 6698278">Hit points are the way we communicate character state to the player.&nbsp; The player can't really feel what the character in that situation would be feeling.&nbsp; So yes it's an abstract that relates to the player what the character is sensing about his own state.&nbsp; While the granularity of hit points is a bit unrealistic, it is not at all unrealistic to know that if you take another hit you may die.&nbsp; Throughout history there have been people fighting on in the face of death or on the brink of death.&nbsp; Not unrealistic at all. A key point here is that I don't mind if you &quot;abuse a versatile system by thinking dissociatively.&quot;&nbsp; (Now thats from my playstyle perspective not yours so no offense intended with the word abuse.)&nbsp; A system that is versatile won't force me to play dissociatively and thats all I care about.&nbsp; I don't care how you use the rules.&nbsp; But 4e made it impossible to avoid without massive houserules.&nbsp; So I hope 5e is a bit less forcing in it's choices.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Emerikol, post: 6004561, member: 6698278"] Hit points are the way we communicate character state to the player. The player can't really feel what the character in that situation would be feeling. So yes it's an abstract that relates to the player what the character is sensing about his own state. While the granularity of hit points is a bit unrealistic, it is not at all unrealistic to know that if you take another hit you may die. Throughout history there have been people fighting on in the face of death or on the brink of death. Not unrealistic at all. A key point here is that I don't mind if you "abuse a versatile system by thinking dissociatively." (Now thats from my playstyle perspective not yours so no offense intended with the word abuse.) A system that is versatile won't force me to play dissociatively and thats all I care about. I don't care how you use the rules. But 4e made it impossible to avoid without massive houserules. So I hope 5e is a bit less forcing in it's choices. [/QUOTE]

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