I read it today
for the first time, and I was very pleased and surprised to see that it
somewhat resembles the method used by Powers & Perils system, albeit the
latter is even more logical, in my opinion (but more on this, later).
Instead of
assigning hit points based on which character class you belong to (as is used
in AD&D where a fighter gets a 1d10 or 1d8 if I recall correctly), the
system in TG make the following reasoning: add your scores of both strength and stamina (here, Stamina is
different from the concept of Constitution; in a nutshell, the former
represents your ability to withstand fatigue and exertion, the latter is your
physical health).
Once you come up
with the sum of these two attributes, depending on how high that number is, you
are entitled to roll a specific die for determing your actual hit points
(which, in TG are called “Hits to kill” or HTK).
So it’s as if
(under AD&D system) you were not automatically entitled to roll a higher
die for your hit points just because you are a fighter whereas a mage may roll
no more than 1d4; in fact. AD&D seemingly depicts any magician as a fragile
and weak creature who spent all his days doing nothing but studying over dusty
tomes of magic- in Thieves guild if a
mage has a high rate in stamina or strength he can have many more hit points
than we are used to expect.
Powers &
Perils goes even further than this and in my opinion is one step beyond: though
the system is quite similar to that found in TW that I just explained, in
P&P- depending on your scores in stamina, constitution and strength you are
automatically assigned a certain number of hit points- without even having to
choose a specific type of die by which rolling your hit points (hits to kill).
