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<blockquote data-quote="Herremann the Wise" data-source="post: 5821485" data-attributes="member: 11300"><p>I could easily imagine such a scenario at some tables. Perhaps though we are only seeing a small slice of the picture here? One of the most comical things in 3e was the heal skill standard action. To have one character stabilize another in combat after moving up to 30 feet in 6 seconds... We comically used to roleplay this as the "kick the intestines back in" standard action. It was ridiculous. 4e took this even further with the Warlord yelling at the cowardly bastard on the ground to get up off his unconscious arse and show some backbone... and it worked.</p><p></p><p>Perhaps though, a short rest of 10 minutes allows a mundane healer to help an injured character/party for 1d6 hit points within a somewhat more reasonable time frame? A priest with divine magic may be able to bless a character as a ritual within this time frame as well for 1d8, with the short rest being the trigger, as well as the natural limiter of how many times such things can be done for different characters. With this, that extra level's worth of hit points becomes the mathematical gravy rather than the main course of healing. That would seem a more reasonable scenario I suppose.</p><p></p><p>Its difficult to evaluate when we only have a small slice of the picture. At this point though, I see no reason not to trust the designers that they've got it sorted.</p><p></p><p>Best Regards</p><p>Herremann the Wise</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Herremann the Wise, post: 5821485, member: 11300"] I could easily imagine such a scenario at some tables. Perhaps though we are only seeing a small slice of the picture here? One of the most comical things in 3e was the heal skill standard action. To have one character stabilize another in combat after moving up to 30 feet in 6 seconds... We comically used to roleplay this as the "kick the intestines back in" standard action. It was ridiculous. 4e took this even further with the Warlord yelling at the cowardly bastard on the ground to get up off his unconscious arse and show some backbone... and it worked. Perhaps though, a short rest of 10 minutes allows a mundane healer to help an injured character/party for 1d6 hit points within a somewhat more reasonable time frame? A priest with divine magic may be able to bless a character as a ritual within this time frame as well for 1d8, with the short rest being the trigger, as well as the natural limiter of how many times such things can be done for different characters. With this, that extra level's worth of hit points becomes the mathematical gravy rather than the main course of healing. That would seem a more reasonable scenario I suppose. Its difficult to evaluate when we only have a small slice of the picture. At this point though, I see no reason not to trust the designers that they've got it sorted. Best Regards Herremann the Wise [/QUOTE]
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