Why You Should Remove Hit Points AND Attack Rolls From Your D&D Campaign | House DM

Narrating hit point loss in Dungeons and Dragons can be a bit tricky. I often hear DM's narrate a bad roll that doesn't meet or beat its targets armor class as a miss. Also, a good roll that hits its targets armor class and not doing enough damage to "defeat" the target is also kind of a miss. In this video, I discuss some of the ideas I found on various web sources about solutions for this narrative issue: Remove hit points AND remove d20 attack rolls (or to-hit rolls) from D&D entirely. Can it be done? What would that look like in game? Which one is better? Watch this video to find out my thoughts on the matter. Here is the Runehammer Forum post that inspired this video: https://forums.runehammer.online/t/the-hp-issue-two-solutions/5742 Here is a sign up link to Ben Milton's Glatistant (Questing Beast): https://questingbeast.substack.com/ Here is a link to the Prismatic Wasteland article by W.F. Smith: https://www.prismaticwasteland.com/blog/overloading-the-damage-die _______________________________ Chapters 00:00 Intro 01:03 The problem with narrating hit point loss 02:16 Two Solutions 02:56 Remove Hit Points 04:17 Terrain Example 1 05:07 Concerns about removing HP 05:33 Remove Attack Rolls/Change AC 06:45 Terrain Example 2 07:54 Concerns about removing AC 08:32 Which is best? _______________________________ Become a House Guild Member on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/housedm Questing on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jakehousedm/ Into the Shadowlands, My Third-Party Shadowdark Supplement: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/447357/Into-the-Shadowlands?affiliate_id=1590646 _______________________________ DM GEAR I USE (These links are Amazon affiliate links that allow me to earn a small kickback from your purchase, thanks for supporting the channel!) TABLETOP STUFF Games Workshop 12mm Skull Dice: https://amzn.to/3FXurCu Chessex Battlemat: https://amzn.to/3zP41A6 Wet Erase Markers: https://amzn.to/3GnKGaD Camera case for dice: https://amzn.to/3mZola8 Turntable "Lazy Susan": https://amzn.to/3HDB38b Auto Turntable: https://amzn.to/3r4iiX0 Backgammon Pieces + Dice Pack: https://amzn.to/3QkWAXg Legion Skull Dice: https://amzn.to/3QwFF3O Jumbo d20: https://amzn.to/3QAN02c Dwarven gold coins: https://amzn.to/3MZaGdO 5e character coins: https://amzn.to/3bgogMN Paladin D2 Coin: https://amzn.to/3VOJh2x Gold tokens: https://amzn.to/3xIaXwd Red tokens: https://amzn.to/3xBQ4CJ Blood tokens: https://amzn.to/3OlBC8y Fire tokens: https://amzn.to/3OjzvSY Dice Bag: https://amzn.to/3Qm3FHe Anker Soundcore Speaker: https://amzn.to/3zOuRIh BOOKS ICRPG Master Edition: https://amzn.to/3RhTAKh Viking Death Squad: https://amzn.to/3UJF4ht MÖRK Borg: https://amzn.to/3LJ4tnl Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master: https://amzn.to/3eSRjZ3 Dungeon World: https://amzn.to/3gt9kxb Necronomicon: https://amzn.to/3vLOyNW Symbaroum RPG: https://amzn.to/3vItgR0 Super Sick D&D Notebook: https://amzn.to/3UFs8sM MINIATURES Oathmark Dwarf Infantry: https://amzn.to/3JXAEQl Oathmark Dwarf Light Infantry: https://amzn.to/3PXbipw Oathmark Dwarf Heavy Infantry: https://amzn.to/3PQbqXK Oathmark Goblin Infantry: https://amzn.to/44oFG0i Oathmark Skeletons: https://amzn.to/3pL6jNO Frostgrave Knights: https://amzn.to/3k03chG Frostgrave Barbarians: https://amzn.to/3WVKyGs Frostgrave Wizards: https://amzn.to/3WTMBdY Frostgrave Cultists: https://amzn.to/3jWK707 Frostgrave Soldiers (Male Models): https://amzn.to/3WUsKLZ Frostgrave Soldiers (Female Models): https://amzn.to/3jYsBZl Miniature Doors: https://amzn.to/3NdHkIU Terrain Crate Doors: https://amzn.to/3TpC9d6 Terrain Crate Dungeon Debris: https://amzn.to/3TmBZmy Terrain Crate Dungeon Essentials: https://amzn.to/3e6nXoU Beholder Mini: https://amzn.to/3B3lMvL Red Dragon Mini: https://amzn.to/3gAGATq FILM GEAR Mic: https://amzn.to/3PG8cpv Primary Light: https://amzn.to/43aRYrM Secondary Light: https://amzn.to/3NDC3fG Tripod: https://amzn.to/435PGtP _______________________________ #HouseDM #JakeHouseDM #craftingDM #DungeonsandDragons #dungeonmaster #dungeonmasteradvice #gamemaster #gamemasteradvice #osr _______________________________ MUSIC Music created by Ean Grimm and Alexander Nakarada. Sources: