Comments on: Dive in this bowl of Crunchy Hit points http://chattydm.net/2007/09/25/dive-in-this-bowl-of-crunchy-hit-points/ Like Hanging at the Cash Register of your Favorite Game Store Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:39:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: ChattyDM http://chattydm.net/2007/09/25/dive-in-this-bowl-of-crunchy-hit-points/comment-page-1/#comment-223 ChattyDM Sat, 29 Sep 2007 09:47:00 +0000 http://chattydm.net/?p=67#comment-223 It worked! It worked so well!<br/><br/>I'll post about it on my DM log. It worked! It worked so well!

I’ll post about it on my DM log.

]]> By: ChattyDM http://chattydm.net/2007/09/25/dive-in-this-bowl-of-crunchy-hit-points/comment-page-1/#comment-190 ChattyDM Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:29:00 +0000 http://chattydm.net/?p=67#comment-190 Tell you what... the 1st encounter of Friday's game is against mooks. My usual DM log will feature a mechanics run down of how it went. <br/><br/>But as a thought experiment, the borderline case would be for each Ogre to be hit for 5 points of damage with an area effect right? 5X6 =36 = 1 dead ogre in theory. I'd do the Greywulf thing and wing it or rewrite the stats as: <br/><br/>Ogres (6): Hp: 24 and reset the pool at 6X24 or something, Tell you what… the 1st encounter of Friday’s game is against mooks. My usual DM log will feature a mechanics run down of how it went.

But as a thought experiment, the borderline case would be for each Ogre to be hit for 5 points of damage with an area effect right? 5X6 =36 = 1 dead ogre in theory. I’d do the Greywulf thing and wing it or rewrite the stats as:

Ogres (6): Hp: 24 and reset the pool at 6X24 or something,

]]> By: greywulf http://chattydm.net/2007/09/25/dive-in-this-bowl-of-crunchy-hit-points/comment-page-1/#comment-189 greywulf Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:20:00 +0000 http://chattydm.net/?p=67#comment-189 Theft is good! :)<br/><br/>I think we picked it up from role-playing tips weekly many moons ago, and it fit our gaming style perfectly. Glad you like it too.<br/><br/>It certainly changed the workload for this GM, that's for sure, and made it very simple to handle fights against lots of mooks at the same time - something notoriously difficult to handle otherwise in 3.5E.<br/><br/>We've fiddled with a few things like crits and Cleave are dealt with, but in general I tend to go with the flow during the game (as if you hadn't guessed :) ) Theft is good! :)

I think we picked it up from role-playing tips weekly many moons ago, and it fit our gaming style perfectly. Glad you like it too.

It certainly changed the workload for this GM, that’s for sure, and made it very simple to handle fights against lots of mooks at the same time - something notoriously difficult to handle otherwise in 3.5E.

We’ve fiddled with a few things like crits and Cleave are dealt with, but in general I tend to go with the flow during the game (as if you hadn’t guessed :) )

]]> By: Noah http://chattydm.net/2007/09/25/dive-in-this-bowl-of-crunchy-hit-points/comment-page-1/#comment-188 Noah Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:13:00 +0000 http://chattydm.net/?p=67#comment-188 "Ogres (6), hp: 29"<br/><br/>Sounds good - what sort of 'Ogre Death Point' would you have for that group, though?<br/><br/>I think I'd like to see an example of this used in play... “Ogres (6), hp: 29″

Sounds good - what sort of ‘Ogre Death Point’ would you have for that group, though?

I think I’d like to see an example of this used in play…

]]> By: ChattyDM http://chattydm.net/2007/09/25/dive-in-this-bowl-of-crunchy-hit-points/comment-page-1/#comment-182 ChattyDM Wed, 26 Sep 2007 09:47:00 +0000 http://chattydm.net/?p=67#comment-182 Actually I'm not sure it's so much of a problem. Do you remember those old 1st edition modules with entries like that?<br/><br/>Ogres (6), hp: 16, 21, 24, 24, 27, 30.<br/><br/>When in fact my Stat line looks more like this.<br/><br/>Ogres (6), hp: 29 <br/><br/>Spreading damage may actually cause the players to kill a 16 hp Ogre faster :) Actually I’m not sure it’s so much of a problem. Do you remember those old 1st edition modules with entries like that?

Ogres (6), hp: 16, 21, 24, 24, 27, 30.

When in fact my Stat line looks more like this.

Ogres (6), hp: 29

Spreading damage may actually cause the players to kill a 16 hp Ogre faster :)

]]> By: Noah http://chattydm.net/2007/09/25/dive-in-this-bowl-of-crunchy-hit-points/comment-page-1/#comment-178 Noah Wed, 26 Sep 2007 04:15:00 +0000 http://chattydm.net/?p=67#comment-178 From someone who really, really, <b>really</b> doesn't like the idea (and almost every excecution) of hit points*, that's a <i>brilliant</i> idea.<br/><br/>It's an almost Risus-like abstraction of the enemies, and that's a good thing!<br/><br/>One problem I can see arising is that the 'individual mook destruction point' is reached when there's been only a few attacks on each mook, but spread out over a lot of them. Then again...I'm not sure that's a problem.<br/><br/>*What I've seen of D&D 4th Edition - er, I mean, Star Wars Saga Edition, they've finally moved to a combined 'hit point/wound state' mechanic, which isn't too terribly bad. Heck, BESM uses it, and I don't have too much of a problem with it there. :) From someone who really, really, really doesn’t like the idea (and almost every excecution) of hit points*, that’s a brilliant idea.

It’s an almost Risus-like abstraction of the enemies, and that’s a good thing!

One problem I can see arising is that the ‘individual mook destruction point’ is reached when there’s been only a few attacks on each mook, but spread out over a lot of them. Then again…I’m not sure that’s a problem.

*What I’ve seen of D&D 4th Edition - er, I mean, Star Wars Saga Edition, they’ve finally moved to a combined ‘hit point/wound state’ mechanic, which isn’t too terribly bad. Heck, BESM uses it, and I don’t have too much of a problem with it there. :)

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