History Main / MultipleLifeBars

* In ''{{Thexder}}'', using the shields activated a secondary (temporary) meter that could absorb 100 HP of damage, while your main LifeMeter was impervious to damage in the meantime.

* In ''ProblemSleuth,'' Demonhead Mobster Kingpin not only has multiple life bars that constantly refill, but can [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=4&p=001742 spawn more of them indefinitely]]. [[BeyondTheImpossible He still loses.]]

* ''TabletopGame/TheWorldOfDarkness'' (and video games based on them, such as ''VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'') all use a mix of SubsystemDamage and Alternate Knockout Conditions: Stun and Bashing damage merely gets converted to Lethal when it exceeds a threshold, but too much Lethal or Aggravated kills you dead.

* ''MegaManZero'' introduced layered life bars to the MegaMan series, and ''MegaManZX'' continued this tradition. In fact, you can even get your own layered life bar.

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* ''AlphaProtocol'' uses the layered hit points system for both the protagonist and most powerful enemies, including bosses. The "regenerating shield" part is called "endurance," and it represents a combination of body armor and willpower, and notably does ''not'' block everything (explosions tend to "bleed" through, for example).

* The ''X Wing'' series and ''DarkForces'' series feature shields and health. In ''X Wing'', shields regenerate. In ''DarkForces'', they take energy damage, but not punches. 0% on your health points kills you.

* Another common variant is giving unit a regenerating [[DeflectorShields shield]] on top of HitPoints that don't regenerate automatically. This variant is used for:
** Protoss units in ''StarCraft''
** The player's ship in ''Tyrian''
** The Wizards from ''VideoGame/CursedTreasure'' have a regenerating forcefield that soaks up damage.
** the ''{{Halo}}'' series has two bars: One for health, and the other (which regenerates after a few seconds of not being shot at,) is for shields. Once the shield is disabled, the health can be drained with weapons, punching, or grenades. Of course, a powerful enough attack can kill a person without removing the shield, as well.
** ''MassEffect1' used this form, though certain ammo upgrades and powers could deal damage directly to health.
*** ''MassEffect2'' gets complicated. Most enemies have a bar of armor, shields, or barriers (each affected by different abilities), protecting a bar of health. Unusual enemies can have three or more bars, and some have no health bar at all. Abilities that stun or immobilize foes will only work once their health bar is exposed, and will not work on foes without health bars.r
** ''SinsOfASolarEmpire''
** ''Warhammer40000SpaceMarine'' has the same, with regenerating 'armour' and non-regenerating health.

* Some TabletopRPG systems (''{{Shadowrun}}'' and ''[[{{Champions}} Hero System]]'' being prominent examples) differentiate stun damage and physical injury and keep track of them separately. Running out of either will knock you out, but recovering from injury is long and hard, while stun damage clears after a short rest.

* In ''ProblemSleuth,'' Demonhead Mobster Kingpin not only has multiple life bars that constantly refill, but can spawn more of them indefinitely. [[BeyondTheImpossible He still loses.]]

* ''VideoGame/MasterOfOrion 2'' has damage applied to sectored and regenerating shields, then armor, then hull structure and systems -- drive, computer and shield generator has their hit points, other systems are either broken or not. A ship is killed only when reduced to 0 HP in its structure ''or'' drive. Drives are low on HP, but rarely hit and stations haven't any. Some weapons can penetrate normal shields or armor, emission-guided missile variant always hits drives and [[{{EMP}} one gun]] ignores armor and structure, dealing only shield and system damage, which can immobilize or kill ships really quick. All bypassing measures are [[NoSell countered]] sometimes, though.

* ''VegaStrike'' has sectored regenerating shields, then sectored ablative armor, then hull, with possible SubsystemDamage as a CriticalHit each time the hull is hit. "Non-lethal" {{EMP}} weapons don't kill the hull and can disable a ship so it can be captured.

* In ''GalacticCivilizations II'', starship defenses (shields, armor and point defenses) essentially work as temporary extra layers of hitpoints which vary with the RandomNumberGods' whim during every combat round and absorb fire before the actual hitpoints take damage.

*** ''MassEffect2'' gets complicated. Most enemies have a bar of armor, shields, or barriers (each affected by different abilities), protecting a bar of health. Unusual enemies can have three or more bars, and some have no health bar at all. Abilities that stun or immobilize foes will only work once their health bar is exposed, and will not work on foes without health bars.

* The ''WorldOfDarkness'' (and video games based on them, such as ''VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'') all use a mix of SubsystemDamage and Alternate Knockout Conditions: Stun and Bashing damage merely gets converted to Lethal when it exceeds a threshold, but too much Lethal or Aggravated kills you dead.

*** ''MassEffect2'' uses replenishable Barriers or Shields (which one depends on the class), then non-regenerating armor (only for enemies), then actual health (which regenerates for the player character and certain enemies). Vehicles use only Shield and Armor.

* 1E ''GammaWorld''

** Module S3 ''Expedition to the Barrier Peaks''. Police robots had a 20 hit point force shield that acted like the ''GammaWorld'' Force Field Generation ability, except that it regenerated at 1 hit point per melee round.

** A common setup is RegeneratingShieldsStaticHealth. See that trope for details.

* RegeneratingShieldsStaticHealth

** A common setup for DeflectorShields, then ablative armor, then "true" damage. Some layers may have HealingFactor of their own and any given layer may or may not be heal-able after it has been fully depleted. Frequently, each layer is vulnerable to different types of attacks or has different weak points. One of the layers may be used to define when the character TurnsRed.

* ''MasterOfOrion 2'' has damage applied to sectored and regenerating shields, then armor, then hull structure and systems -- drive, computer and shield generator has their hit points, other systems are either broken or not. A ship is killed only when reduced to 0 HP in its structure ''or'' drive. Drives are low on HP, but rarely hit and stations haven't any. Some weapons can penetrate normal shields or armor, emission-guided missile variant always hits drives and [[{{EMP}} one gun]] ignores armor and structure, dealing only shield and system damage, which can immobilize or kill ships really quick. All bypassing measures are [[NoSell countered]] sometimes, though.

* Several bosses in ''DistortedTravesty'' have multiple life bars, and usually [[TurnsRed change their behaviour]] after one of them was depleted.

** Bosses in ''{{Touhou}}'' games have multiple life bars. Whenever one is depleted they switch to the next attack pattern.
** Several bosses in ''DistortedTravesty'' have multiple life bars, and usually [[TurnsRed change their behaviour]] after one of them is depleted.

* ''EveOnline'' ships have shield, armor, and hull HP bars.

* [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Temporary Hitpoints]] in ''DungeonsAndDragons'' give you some extra HitPoints to soak up damage with. Unlike real HitPoints, you don't get to keep them past the end of the battle if you have some left.

** The Wizards from ''Videogame/CursedTreasure'' have a regenerating forcefield that soaks up damage.

** The Wizards from ''CursedTreasure'' have a regenerating forcefield that soaks up damage.

* The final boss of ''game/ClockTower 3'', this is quite jarring because no other boss had these, so seeing his death count translate to ''Three full-sized health bars'' may have caused quite an OhCrap.

* Some tabletop rpg systems (''{{Shadowrun}}'' and ''[[{{Champions}} Hero System]]'' being prominent examples) differentiate stun damage and physical injury and keep track of them separately. Running out of either will knock you out, but recovering from injury is long and hard, while stun damage clears after a short rest.
* Games of ''[[{{Ptitleavm2017y}} Magic: The Gathering]]'' are usually lost when a player runs out of [[HitPoints life]], but you can also lose by accumulating 10 poison counters or running out of cards. All of these have decks behind them, though the poison counter deck used to be weak.

* The ''WorldOfDarkness'' (and video games based on them, such as ''VampireBloodlines'') all use a mix of SubsystemDamage and Alternate Knockout Conditions: Stun and Bashing damage merely gets converted to Lethal when it exceeds a threshold, but too much Lethal or Aggravated kills you dead.

* ''{{Master of Orion}} 2'' has damage applied to sectored and regenerating shields, then armor, then hull structure and systems -- drive, computer and shield generator has their hit points, other systems are either broken or not. A ship is killed only when reduced to 0 HP in its structure ''or'' drive. Drives are low on HP, but rarely hit and stations haven't any. Some weapons can penetrate normal shields or armor, emission-guided missile variant always hits drives and [[{{EMP}} one gun]] ignores armor and structure, dealing only shield and system damage, which can immobilize or kill ships really quick. All bypassing measures are [[NoSell countered]] sometimes, though.