In reality, most fights are one punch kinds of things, one stab (even though attacker may not give up) or one shot. The idea of health draining away until you collapse is what's decidedly unrealistic.
Even D&D itself counsels against thinking, for example, a high level character somehow has more "life force" than a low level one. Instead, you should think of hp as a generalized competency during a fight, until the one and only actual serious hit lands, taking the person down. Such a mess up would tend to happen earlier for the untrained and later for the highly trained.
That's very interesting, thanks.
I think it's pretty cool. You can still see the relative amount of health that's left, so you can make tactical decisions based on that. I don't think not knowing the exact amount increases difficulty that much. The only thing it really prevents is knowing whether you're likely to kill a character at full health in one round. Otherwise, you can estimate and plan based on the percentage of health left.
Oh, you can still see the healthbar, just not the number? Then I definitely have to do it in my next playthrough. Thank you.
