Health Systems
As I've said before , I was originally conceived and implemented as a D&D character. First Edition AD&D, to be precise, back when Bard was an Appendix that had me start out as a Fighter. The upshot is that I've always known my way around which end is pointy and where to put it, and I've always been pretty sturdy. It also means I was there, many times , as our players stopped the game and left us, the characters, frozen in time with a weapon just reaching its target so they could discuss what it meant that seven more "hit points" were going to be deducted from our amorphous bag of Life. The blob of HP has become so ubiquitous that many don't even question it any more. Video games just blithely take it for granted, as do many TTRPGs. Yes, it's absolutely possible for someone to get shot and keep coming, but seventy-four times in an afternoon?!?!? People, Bactine isn't that good. Wrapping a little gauze around it isn't going to make it all b...