<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=227481.msg11530655#msg11530655">Quote from: AndyZ on 09-08-2015, 20:36:20</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I'd forgotten you wanted to do this more freeform.  Apologies.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>No worries.  That's what happens after a long break.  But I think it adds to excitement.  After all, how would a character in a book know how many hit points they had, etc.  Same with "real life."  Now granted, we don't have magic, etc. but even in a world of magic, how would you know that hit point number?  It is convenient for tabletop but I think people get too reliant on that rather than on the actual descriptions and then subconsciously meta based on it.