The Party Death Spiral -- a flash back

AbdulAlhazred said:

Nah, its just pure color. You simply retcon. "Remember last night when I told you to keep your guard up?" Except its the character remembering for himself, since his buddy is now down...

Of course, 4e does already kind of have this built in more than other editions.

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AbdulAlhazred said:

In the 'good old days' only the wizard could really 'pull out the stops' (and maybe not always either, if things got bad he was probably swarmed or something). In 4e everyone has HS to burn, APs, daily powers, etc. One guy goes down, the rest 'get serious'. Obviously if EVERYONE was already cranked to the max, then that won't help, but...

Still, the idea that you don't JUST play your character, but that you have a more story-centered function in the game as a player is a good one. I could see a play style where 'playing the character' is only a small part, maybe you don't even need to play one specific character, though I think D&D isn't really going there.

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Garthanos said:

By the way biology is anti-death spiral the body triggers pain killers stronger than morphine which allow us to function while threat seems eminent.

When the threat is past we are more likely to settle in to a disabled state.

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AbdulAlhazred said:

So THP should be the LAST hit points to go, eh?

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Garthanos said:

Part of me thinks of all hit points as temporary you can recover them after a short rest right
and maybe differentiating is a complication agent on the whole thing

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