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Old 09-16-2016, 12:05 AM   #1
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Default Question: HP vs Health

(I couldn't find the original blog post anywhere)

A forum friend of mine once linked me to a blog post where they compared HT increases with equivalent increases of HP. I thought that this concept made lesser zombies and other "fodder" monsters much easier to stat, since they'd have a certain amount of HP to be dead instead of a HT roll.

Does anyone know about what I'm talking about?
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Old 09-16-2016, 02:39 AM   #2
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Default Re: Question: HP vs Health

They might be confused with 3e where HP were derived from HT.

Otoh, most zombies are written up with Fragile (Unnatural) so there are no Death rolls; or more accurately, they always fail.
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Old 09-16-2016, 07:41 AM   #3
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(I couldn't find the original blog post anywhere)

A forum friend of mine once linked me to a blog post where they compared HT increases with equivalent increases of HP. I thought that this concept made lesser zombies and other "fodder" monsters much easier to stat, since they'd have a certain amount of HP to be dead instead of a HT roll.

Does anyone know about what I'm talking about?
http://gamingballistic.blogspot.com/...f-fitness.html

might be of some use. Not perfect, but there's some stuff there to get you started.
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Old 09-16-2016, 08:11 AM   #4
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Default Re: Question: HP vs Health

I had this post, which is similar
http://pseudoboo.blogspot.com/2016/0...points-on.html
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Old 09-16-2016, 08:35 PM   #5
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YES! This was it! Thanks Pseuds!
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Old 09-17-2016, 09:42 PM   #6
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Currently working on my own math to confirm this...
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Old 09-17-2016, 10:58 PM   #7
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Default Re: Question: HP vs Health

I only gave that link a cursory look. But it seems to ignore a very important factor of HP. You're not likely to stay conscious for long when negative regardless of Ht. Also that slow down at 1/3 HP can be killer if you're trying to stay ahead of certain death threats.
If you're alone, then great Health is less important as once you're down, you are dead.
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