tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170674472098446028.post3518522269330030909..comments2024-03-27T03:18:19.290-04:00Comments on Aeons & Augauries: How Could This Orc Have Only One or Two Hit Points?JDJarvishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07691101939920824546noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170674472098446028.post-71591464025339509322014-07-09T12:32:42.459-04:002014-07-09T12:32:42.459-04:00You forgot one.
9. Because it's a game, not a...You forgot one.<br /><br />9. Because it's a game, not a simulation.<br /><br />:)Raging Owlbearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10556804177905125874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170674472098446028.post-50703090423174089702014-07-08T19:06:20.933-04:002014-07-08T19:06:20.933-04:00Pretty much backstory for reason #!, but sure, why...Pretty much backstory for reason #!, but sure, why not?JDJarvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691101939920824546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170674472098446028.post-80739099190028253582014-07-08T17:50:52.054-04:002014-07-08T17:50:52.054-04:00Why couldn't it be that the orc just got done ...Why couldn't it be that the orc just got done fighting delvers three rooms away and managed to scamper away with 2 HP - just like delvers do occasionally. Or just lost a fight with the group leader who accused him of stealing rations. The dungeon isn't a static environment, after all. Pere Ubuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03553973043509436168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170674472098446028.post-36248214873811093542014-07-08T16:28:53.194-04:002014-07-08T16:28:53.194-04:00Great post JD. I like it.Great post JD. I like it.Gothridge Manorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11371740532802642972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170674472098446028.post-61226506244037424362014-07-08T16:04:19.961-04:002014-07-08T16:04:19.961-04:00Definitely don't need my permission, feel free...Definitely don't need my permission, feel free. The application of stats designed for fantasy medieval adventure gaming in more concrete simulation is a bit odd. JDJarvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691101939920824546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170674472098446028.post-52818200891359742882014-07-08T15:33:19.341-04:002014-07-08T15:33:19.341-04:00If it's okay, I want to do a post about this, ...If it's okay, I want to do a post about this, partly because I think the whole things is so silly. The post will be called "Hit Points Don't Exist". What I mean by that is sort of an expansion of your point 8. Hit points are merely abstract entities that come into play ONLY to aid in describing a battle that includes player characters. "Off-stage" there are no hit points. Thus they're not like genes or fast-twitch muscle fibers or any other physical thing that might give one a survival advantage in the fantasy world. Constructing some sort of neo-Darwinian theory (as I guess Alex did) of how all the 1 hp guys would have been weeded out or whatever is nonsensical.Oakes Spaldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08078500142758654392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170674472098446028.post-35580369458943266602014-07-08T15:00:29.616-04:002014-07-08T15:00:29.616-04:00#7 and #8 at play.#7 and #8 at play.JDJarvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691101939920824546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8170674472098446028.post-80280128692197279022014-07-08T14:13:48.882-04:002014-07-08T14:13:48.882-04:00I call my 1 hit point goblins runts and make them ...I call my 1 hit point goblins runts and make them small. They still fight, though.Darnizhaanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15005189125696185700noreply@blogger.com