Re: (TFT) A Point of Damage

[Margaret Tapley <barnswallow@sbcglobal.net>]

On Feb 6, 2011, at 9:14 PM, <Gavin@TheFantasyQuest.com> <Gavin@TheFantasyQuest.com 
> wrote:

> I think of "one point of damage" as being "how bad does it hurt on a  
> scale
> of One-to-Ten"?


I second this. In real-life terms, a 1 or 2-hit injury would be a  
puncture wound from stepping on a nail, the kind of cuts you might get  
from rolling an 18 while chopping vegetables, a big bruise, twisted  
ankle, or similar minor but non-negligible injuries. 5 hits would be  
deep cuts with significant blood loss, broken bones, concussion, the  
kind of thing that can put someone out of action for a while but isn't  
life-threatening (unless they're a hobbit or an eight-year-old). Etc.

You can get an idea from the fact that, per the rules, it takes 2 days  
of rest and medical care to heal 1 hit of damage. I've always assumed  
that doesn't mean "completely healed" so much as "it doesn't hurt  
anymore", though. Get stuck by an arrow for 1 hit and 2 days later  
you're still going to be seeing the mark.

I haven't ever really tried to model the effects of damage in-game  
(introduces lots of complications that no one particularly wants to  
keep track of), but that's sort of what I keep in the back of my mind  
while marking down damage taken on my character sheet...
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