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I don't get the dislike of healing surges
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<blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 5697086" data-attributes="member: 58197"><p>Healing surges display a glaring inconsistency at zero hit points. When your hit points go below zero, which happens a lot in 4E, you're unconscious and bleeding out. You'll die if someone doesn't rush in to stabilize you, the way Gaerek is talking about in his real-world example above. Okay. That's all well and good. But once you're stabilized and combat ends, you spend a few healing surges and you're back on your feet like nothing happened. WTF? You were mortally wounded five minutes ago. This is what makes healing surges feel "video-gamey" to people.</p><p></p><p>(Also, the name is stupid. They're obviously <em>not</em> healing you, so why are they called "healing surges?")</p><p></p><p><em>Edited to add: Originally I broke both of the above out as separate points, with the name being #1 and the inconsistency being #2. Since the inconsistency is the important thing here, with the name being a minor annoyance, I decided to rewrite the post and focus on the inconsistency, lest we get bogged down in a long argument over the name.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dausuul, post: 5697086, member: 58197"] Healing surges display a glaring inconsistency at zero hit points. When your hit points go below zero, which happens a lot in 4E, you're unconscious and bleeding out. You'll die if someone doesn't rush in to stabilize you, the way Gaerek is talking about in his real-world example above. Okay. That's all well and good. But once you're stabilized and combat ends, you spend a few healing surges and you're back on your feet like nothing happened. WTF? You were mortally wounded five minutes ago. This is what makes healing surges feel "video-gamey" to people. (Also, the name is stupid. They're obviously [I]not[/I] healing you, so why are they called "healing surges?") [I]Edited to add: Originally I broke both of the above out as separate points, with the name being #1 and the inconsistency being #2. Since the inconsistency is the important thing here, with the name being a minor annoyance, I decided to rewrite the post and focus on the inconsistency, lest we get bogged down in a long argument over the name.[/I] [/QUOTE]
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