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<blockquote data-quote="eamon" data-source="post: 5901317" data-attributes="member: 51942"><p>It depends on the situation. In-combat healing usually just doesn't work all that well (in my experience); if there's a choice between taking down another character or hitting a character that's probably not going to contribute to the combat anymore anyhow, well, the guy bleeding on the ground can wait.</p><p></p><p>Even if the fallen character is to be healed; that means a caster is spending his round without attacking or casting an offensive spell; the healer usually needs to be adjacent and that may mean concentration checks; even if healed the fallen character is still on the ground: easy to hit, might provoke by standing up, likely less dangerous while prone too.</p><p></p><p>This doesn't really have anything to with this house rule, so it's a bit of a tangent, but I don't think that attacking a fallen PC is usually sensible in-game. And of course, it's also rather nasty... I'd only do it very sparingly, for dramatic effect. Maybe some crazy, vindictive cultist would disregard self-preservation like that, but not most monsters.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="eamon, post: 5901317, member: 51942"] It depends on the situation. In-combat healing usually just doesn't work all that well (in my experience); if there's a choice between taking down another character or hitting a character that's probably not going to contribute to the combat anymore anyhow, well, the guy bleeding on the ground can wait. Even if the fallen character is to be healed; that means a caster is spending his round without attacking or casting an offensive spell; the healer usually needs to be adjacent and that may mean concentration checks; even if healed the fallen character is still on the ground: easy to hit, might provoke by standing up, likely less dangerous while prone too. This doesn't really have anything to with this house rule, so it's a bit of a tangent, but I don't think that attacking a fallen PC is usually sensible in-game. And of course, it's also rather nasty... I'd only do it very sparingly, for dramatic effect. Maybe some crazy, vindictive cultist would disregard self-preservation like that, but not most monsters. [/QUOTE]
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