What if? People had hit points.

[ActRaiser]

My question is simple, how would society react and change to the knowledge that everyone hast hit points, like in an RPG?

[Jannah]

Well people would be a lot more careful about their actions I think.

[Hellis]

Bin ladin would have been a boss fight.

[HaloAssault]

A way of easily and directly quantifying "health" that way would definitely ensure people were more careful. If drinking and smoking caused a very direct, literal, simple and direct effect to their health, or 'hit points', right in front of someone like that, they'd be less likely to continue. I agree that people would be more careful in general as well, take less risks, as the effect of damage is also much more evident in simplistic, direct fashion. It could also have the effect of ensuring people were more open about certain physical conditions, as it would be obvious to people that there was something wrong due to consistently lowered HP.

[vslayer]

Bin ladin would have been a boss fight.

Would be also have sex appeal meters, like in GTA:SA?

[Mister Quin]

Are you kidding me? I would take more risks. Anything more than 0 means you're good to go.

[Hellis]

Wars would be interesting. "WE HIT THEM WITH ALL OUR DPS SIR. THEY ARE STILL UP."

"DAMMIT THEY HAVE TANKS. ACTUAL TANKS, NOT THOSE PHONY METAL BOXES."

[vslayer]

Wars would be interesting. "WE HIT THEM WITH ALL OUR DPS SIR. THEY ARE STILL UP."

"DAMMIT THEY HAVE TANKS. ACTUAL TANKS, NOT THOSE PHONY METAL BOXES."

STUPID HEALERS L2P!

[Azarthes]

CAN WE HAVE STUNS?

[CidtheKid]

My question is simple, how would society react and change to the knowledge that everyone hast hit points, like in an RPG?

Scientists start measuring how much damage people can take from ordinary, mundane things, like falling from airplanes, explosions and so on, until an exploit is found.

Then they abuse that exploit for all its worth.

"Atomospheric reentry only does 127 damage, our astronauts can tank that easily with so and so."