Damage Application: Bonus HP vs. Regular HP

• When an adventurer gains bonus HP, these chips are kept in a separate stack from their regular HP chips (page 20, page 89).
• When the adventurer takes damage, the following applies:
  • Bonus HP chips are removed first before removing regular HP chips from under the adventurer chip (page 20).
• Bonus HP can exceed the adventurer’s Health stat and is not counted toward the maximum HP limit (page 20, page 89).

True Damage and Bonus HP

• True damage is a special type of damage that:
  • Cannot be prevented or reduced by abilities unless they specifically affect true damage (page 63).
  • Ignores any bonus HP and reduces the unit’s regular HP instead (page 20, page 63).
  • When an adventurer takes true damage, bonus HP is not removed; only regular HP is reduced.

Summary

• Normal damage: Remove bonus HP first, then regular HP.
• True damage: Ignore bonus HP; remove regular HP only.

Sources:

• Page 20 (Bonus HP rules)
• Page 63 (True damage rules)
• Page 89 (Gaining Bonus HP)

Source: Core Rulebook (pp. 20, 31, 63, 89, 90)