> however, as multiplication and division of positive numbers always gives a positive result. Depends on what you do with subnormals and underflow, etc. > The

> however, as multiplication and division of positive numbers always gives a positive result. Depends on what you do with subnormals and underflow, etc. > There is no grand convention that all RPG games follow here Computer RPGs have shown 0/812 for dead for ... forever. > The players all know that fractional HP damage exists I think most players will be confused. And for what, to make it "safe" doing floating point operations in the wrong order? (I doubt it's still safe, overall). > I am likewise serious about Smaug; there is no way that combat makes any sense if Smaug has a large number of hitpoints or that any weapon at all can damage him. Common mechanisms: an armor class that makes it hard to hit; a fixed amount of damage reduction so that a needle does nothing; a lot of hitpoints. > and sensible internal organs; It gets excessively complicated and annoying. Battletech is already excessively complicated, and doesn't go quite as far as you're advocating for here.