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Composition of BU

Tao alexis at 22:28, 23 July 2020

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Tao alexis: /* Composition of BU */

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Tao alexis at 22:21, 23 July 2020

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Tao alexis at 22:21, 23 July 2020

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Tao alexis: /* Composition of BU */

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Composition of BU

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 Effectively, this means the damage done by enemies is lessened by the combatant's experience, without changing the actual dice rolled.  That is why a lion easily tears up a creature with 8 h.p.; but our newly educated orc, with 13 h.p., would sustain the lion's attack much better — with the lion always doing the same damage, whatever its opponent.
-This organisation of hit points is meant to explain that serious effects of combat — [[Wounds|wounds]], [[Injury|injuries]], unconsciousness and death — are specific parts of the combat system, specifically occurring under specific circumstances.  The loss of hit points are not indicative in themselves of great harm being done to the character.  When great harm is being done, serious effects reveal themselves according to the combat rules — and not according to the whims of the DM's imagination.
+This organisation of hit points is meant to explain that serious effects of combat — [[Wound|wounds]], [[Injury|injuries]], unconsciousness and death — are specific parts of the combat system, specifically occurring under specific circumstances.  The loss of hit points are not indicative in themselves of great harm being done to the character.  When great harm is being done, serious effects reveal themselves according to the combat rules — and not according to the whims of the DM's imagination.
 == Composition of BU ==

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 Effectively, this means the damage done by enemies is lessened by the combatant's experience, without changing the actual dice rolled.  That is why a lion easily tears up a creature with 8 h.p.; but our newly educated orc, with 13 h.p., would sustain the lion's attack much better — with the lion always doing the same damage, whatever its opponent.
-This organisation of hit points is meant to explain that serious effects of combat — [[Wounds|wounds]], [[Injuries|injuries]], unconsciousness and death — are specific parts of the combat system, specifically occurring under specific circumstances.  The loss of hit points are not indicative in themselves of great harm being done to the character.  When great harm is being done, serious effects reveal themselves according to the combat rules — and not according to the whims of the DM's imagination.
+This organisation of hit points is meant to explain that serious effects of combat — [[Wounds|wounds]], [[Injury|injuries]], unconsciousness and death — are specific parts of the combat system, specifically occurring under specific circumstances.  The loss of hit points are not indicative in themselves of great harm being done to the character.  When great harm is being done, serious effects reveal themselves according to the combat rules — and not according to the whims of the DM's imagination.
 == Composition of BU ==

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 Effectively, this means the damage done by enemies is lessened by the combatant's experience, without changing the actual dice rolled.  That is why a lion easily tears up a creature with 8 h.p.; but our newly educated orc, with 13 h.p., would sustain the lion's attack much better — with the lion always doing the same damage, whatever its opponent.
-This organization of hit points is meant to explain that serious effects of combat — [[Wounds|wounds]], [[Injuries|injuries]], unconsciousness and death — are specific parts of the combat system, specifically occurring under specific circumstances.  The loss of hit points are not indicative in themselves of great harm being done to the character.  When great harm is being done, serious effects reveal themselves according to the combat rules — and not according to the whims of the DM's imagination.
+This organisation of hit points is meant to explain that serious effects of combat — [[Wounds|wounds]], [[Injuries|injuries]], unconsciousness and death — are specific parts of the combat system, specifically occurring under specific circumstances.  The loss of hit points are not indicative in themselves of great harm being done to the character.  When great harm is being done, serious effects reveal themselves according to the combat rules — and not according to the whims of the DM's imagination.
 == Composition of BU ==

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 :* Health: the soundness of the body, freedom from chronic disease or ailment.
 :* Heredity: the transmission of strong genetic characteristics from parent to offspring.
-:* Initiative: the reaction time of the body's systems.
+:* Reflexes: the reaction time of the body's systems.
 :* Maturity: the development to peak physical development with experience and survival.
 :* Nourishment: the [[Nutrition & Preparation of Food|nutritional balance]] that has sustained the body.

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 Effectively, this means the damage done by enemies is lessened by the combatant's experience, without changing the actual dice rolled.  That is why a lion easily tears up a creature with 8 h.p.; but our newly educated orc, with 13 h.p., would sustain the lion's attack much better — with the lion always doing the same damage, whatever its opponent.
-This organization of hit points is meant to explain that serious effects of combat — [[Wounds|wounds]], [[Injury|injuries]], unconsciousness and death — are specific parts of the combat system, specifically occurring under specific circumstances.  The loss of hit points are not indicative in themselves of great harm being done to the character.  When great harm is being done, serious effects reveal themselves according to the combat rules — and not according to the whims of the DM's imagination.
+This organization of hit points is meant to explain that serious effects of combat — [[Wounds|wounds]], [[Injuries|injuries]], unconsciousness and death — are specific parts of the combat system, specifically occurring under specific circumstances.  The loss of hit points are not indicative in themselves of great harm being done to the character.  When great harm is being done, serious effects reveal themselves according to the combat rules — and not according to the whims of the DM's imagination.
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 :* Activity: alternately metabolism, the body's capacity to transform [[Food|food]] to energy, to enable action and the pursuit of survival.
-:* Contamination: degradation of the body's health due to [[Disease|disease]], [[Injuries|injury]] and failure to successfully endure and [[Healing|heal]] from damage.
+:* Contamination: degradation of the body's health due to [[Disease|disease]], injury and failure to successfully endure and [[Healing|heal]] from damage.
 :* Happiness: the state of the body and mind's freedom from distress or discontent.
 :* Health: the soundness of the body, freedom from chronic disease or ailment.

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 :* Maturity: the development to peak physical development with experience and survival.
 :* Nourishment: the [[Nutrition & Preparation of Food|nutritional balance]] that has sustained the body.
 In game terms, we simply roll the combined total of these qualities randomly; there is no actual need to calculate a creature's exact health or happiness in order to know its hit points.  However, suppose we have a creature that has 5 hit dice and 1-8 h.p. per die.  It has a potential of 5d8 h.p., which is an average of 22.5; and we roll that it has 9 h.p.  Looking over the list, we can conclude that something must be severely lacking in the creature's fitness: that it is remarkably unhealthy, that it is actually very young, that it is being ravaged by a disease and so on.  Hit points can give us an insight into the special nature of a creature, allowing us to present it to the player characters as something unusual or unique, based on these general characteristics.
 See [[Attacking in Combat]]

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-'''Hit points (h.p.)''' are a measure of the amount of [[Damage (hit points)|damage]] a character can take based on their [[Player Characters|class]], weight and [[Experience Level|experience level]].  For the players' common use of the term "hit points," the "total number" or "maximum number" refers strictly to the number of hit points that characters and monsters possess.  However, this page discusses the construction an meaning of hit points in the game system.
+'''Hit points (h.p.)''' are a measure of the amount of [[Damage (hit points)|damage]] a character can take based on their [[Player Characters|class]], weight and [[Experience Level|experience level]].  For the players' common use of the term "hit points," the "total number" or "maximum number" refers strictly to the number of hit points that characters and monsters possess.  However, this page discusses the construction an meaning of hit points in the game system.<br><br>
 == Hit Points Possessed ==

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 If we accept the premise that having more biological units indicate a higher robustness and overall genetic fitness, then we can extrapolate the characteristics from which BUs derive. Each of the following characteristics exist in every creature, in varying degrees: and their combined values indicate the creature's BUs and hit points.
-::* Activity: alternately metabolism, the body's capacity to transform food to energy, to enable action and the pursuit of survival.
+::* Activity: alternately metabolism, the body's capacity to transform [[Food|food]] to energy, to enable action and the pursuit of survival.
-::* Contamination: degradation of the body's health due to disease, injury and failure to successfully endure and heal from damage.
+::* Contamination: degradation of the body's health due to [[Disease|disease]], [[Injuries|injury]] and failure to successfully endure and [[Healing|heal]] from damage.
 ::* Happiness: the state of the body and mind's freedom from distress or discontent.
 ::* Health: the soundness of the body, freedom from chronic disease or ailment.
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 ::* Initiative: the reaction time of the body's systems.
 ::* Maturity: the development to peak physical development with experience and survival.
-::* Nourishment: the nutritional balance that has sustained the body.
+::* Nourishment: the [[Nutrition & Preparation of Food|nutritional balance]] that has sustained the body.
 In game terms, we simply roll the combined total of these qualities randomly; there is no actual need to calculate a creature's exact health or happiness in order to know its hit points.  However, suppose we have a creature that has 5 hit dice and 1-8 h.p. per die.  It has a potential of 5d8 h.p., which is an average of 22.5; and we roll that it has 9 h.p.  Looking over the list, we can conclude that something must be severely lacking in the creature's fitness: that it is remarkably unhealthy, that it is actually very young, that it is being ravaged by a disease and so on.  Hit points can give us an insight into the special nature of a creature, allowing us to present it to the player characters as something unusual or unique, based on these general characteristics.
 See [[Attacking in Combat]]