health points

Character stamina pool

Health points are a numerical measure of a character's vitality in video games and tabletop games—when they reach zero, the character dies or is incapacitated.

Often abbreviated HP.

Attacks reduce health points; healing restores them.

The boss has 10,000 health points.

The concept has spread to casual usage for personal energy or wellbeing: I'm low on health points today.

Related

heart · debuff · revive · extra life · regeneration · faint · vitality · endurance · potion · lifeforce · life bar · restoration · recovery · mana · energy reserves · damage mitigation · integrity · status effects

Categories
Opposites
resource depletion

health pointsdamage

Harm or impairment

injury · harm · wounds · hurt · pain

damage mechanics

health pointsattack power

Combat damage capability

DPS · critical hit · damage dealt

player state

health pointsdeath

Cessation of life

game over · KO · knockout · defeat · incapacitation

Family

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Top 200,000
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