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Hit Points

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Hit Points (hp) are a measure of how much damage which can be inflicted upon your character before they are unconscious or dead. For example Jinn, a 4^rd Level Rogue has 15 Hit Points is hit with an arrow from a bandit hiding in the trees. The arrow does 5 damage to Jinn. Jinn now has 10 Hit Points left and has a wound. If Jinn is hit with more arrows later in the combat and receives more than 10 more Hit Points of damage he dies. In other words if your character is damaged and has 0 (or less) hit points your character dies in the Neverwinter Nights Official Campaign. In Neverwinter Nights a module designer has the ability to change what the death settings are to 3^rd Editions standard rules which are a character is unconscious at 0 Hit Points and loses an additional hit point a round until 10 rounds have passed (the character is now at –10 Hit Points) at which point the character dies.

Hit Points are not just an indicator of how much physical damage you can take. Extra hit points as you gain levels are also an indication of you advancing skill at avoiding critical damage. Your 13^th Level Fighter (with 100 Hit Points) may take 40 damage from a volley of 15 arrows but this does not mean you have 15 arrows sticking out of your heart and are just being manly. It probably means you took many small wounds but managed to avoid being hit in a critical area. You have not taken 40 damage in physical terms but the 40 damage represents the fact you were able to survive being struck with 15 arrows- you are injured but not dead as you would be at 1^st level. You have enough experience in combat to be able to survive such a deadly situation.

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