Old-School D&D style game

[Kromm]

Originally Posted by Gold & Appel Inc

Actually, now that I think about it, it was only 80 in that example. 200 HP is kind of a lot.

Or not enough, depending. When the Invisible wizard with Magery 10 shoots you in the skull with his 30d+30 Stone Missile and you suffer 500 HP of injury even with your helmet. Or when 1,000 orcs rain down arrows on you, the GM uses stats to say that you take 10 hits/volley even considering the range and your Dodge, you have to dash through three volleys to start killing the army, and you get plinked for 270 HP before you reach them. Or when Zeus hits you with his 200d lightning bolt.

That's the thing with this kind of fantasy . . . The GM really, really needs to challenge the PCs. Of course, not everyone will survive via lots of HP. Some will retcon a miss with enhanced Super Luck, some will be insubstantial, and so on. And of course the GM will need things to challenge those guys, too.

It's nuts, which is why Dungeon Fantasy doesn't go there, officially. ;)