Re: DP

[Keith Klumb <kklumb@expert.cc.purdue.edu>]

On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, Steve Ames wrote:

> > 	A person regains DP from resting. Then how much they regain is
> > judged by the health stat. That would go to show that it is physical. And
> > since doors and ships have no health..they cannot just regain DP on their
> > own. They have to be repaired by human hands.
> > 	If these things are true then why isn't DP regained from
> > bandaging someone's wounds? In some cases that is more helpful then
> > resting.
> 
> Never. Bandaging stops wounds from getting worse. It _does not_ heal
> at all. Open wounds are an invitation to infection. Covered wounds
> heal faster as the body can focus on the original wound and not the
> wound plus everything your opening it up to.

Then why isn't this reflected?
 
> > 	Also if DP is totally physical then how is it that a person gains
> > more DP. Their skin doesn't get tougher I assume.
> 
> You don't get more DP. You use what you have more efficiently and we
> increase the number gamewise to keep the math simple. What DP is is
> questionably, but thats how its used :)

If you learn to use your DP better then why isn't don't you take more
relative damage when you are unconciouse? Since you aren't awake to use
what you've learned.

> 						-Steve
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