>> but I soon came to find that the presence of HP in
>> NPCs only depleted PCs of HP. If the NPC bumped then so did the PC and vice
>> versa. Once the NPC had used all their HP then the heroes - with bigger
>> reserves could use theirs to win the contest. All that had happened was
>> that I had 'cost' the PCs some extra HP to win the contest
>...
>
>I completely agree. I never give my NPCs HPs. To be fair, I've got the
>impression that NPCs with HPs is unusual in most campaigns, reserved for
>arch enemies.
Yep, that was the intent. At one point it was taken out of the rules completely but (obviously) crept back in. I never use them either. When I originally wrote the "High Pressure Front" scenario, Frithorf didn't have any HPs...
Camo
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