The problem of low hit points on humans

[atul]

Heh. I just realized what made this thread feeling so familiar (apart from the subject being beaten to death every now and then from different angles).

Mel Gibson's character William Wallace in Braveheart.

Especially the scene where some grunts say that he can't be the legendary Wallace as the famous hero is a lot taller and stronger than he is. Instead, WW is just a skilled fighter with good oratory skills (um, high Standard ability) and dies when gutted as any one of us. Nothing without an army, but still portrayed as a Hero.

I like my heroes that way (and do like to send lightly equipped warrior queens to front lines to lead their troops), but DnD-esque players can disagree. Importing a Rolemaster-like system into a Dominions-like game would be a dream come true, but people would probably complain it isn't transparent enough as most of the kills would be due to critical hits...