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I don't get the dislike of healing surges
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<blockquote data-quote="Pentius" data-source="post: 5697845" data-attributes="member: 6676736"><p>Yeah, I can see that.</p><p></p><p>It's really not. The HP system is and has never been an honest attempt to represent purely physical damage. I get that you see this more since 4e. 4e forces people to face the issue, because it <strong>actually takes its own flavor seriously.</strong> Let me say this plain, with bold, so you see it, <strong>HP as physical damage has never been realistic.</strong> Now, I'm a fan of reflavoring, I really am, but one rule holds constant throughout. <strong>If your way of narrating the events doesn't match the boundaries the rules set, that is ON YOU.</strong> So maybe 4e doesn't quite jive with the way you've butchered the system for 20 years. That isn't 4e's fault. The system has always been intended for HP to be abstract.</p><p></p><p>No, you really don't. That's what an abstract system is all about. IT'S NOT CONCRETE.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I see this idea a lot. Honestly, I have no particular problem with further abstraction of HP. But do you really think 4e wouldn't be under constant assault for being "not like D&D" if it had defense points or some such instead of HP?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pentius, post: 5697845, member: 6676736"] Yeah, I can see that. It's really not. The HP system is and has never been an honest attempt to represent purely physical damage. I get that you see this more since 4e. 4e forces people to face the issue, because it [b]actually takes its own flavor seriously.[/b] Let me say this plain, with bold, so you see it, [b]HP as physical damage has never been realistic.[/b] Now, I'm a fan of reflavoring, I really am, but one rule holds constant throughout. [b]If your way of narrating the events doesn't match the boundaries the rules set, that is ON YOU.[/b] So maybe 4e doesn't quite jive with the way you've butchered the system for 20 years. That isn't 4e's fault. The system has always been intended for HP to be abstract. No, you really don't. That's what an abstract system is all about. IT'S NOT CONCRETE. I see this idea a lot. Honestly, I have no particular problem with further abstraction of HP. But do you really think 4e wouldn't be under constant assault for being "not like D&D" if it had defense points or some such instead of HP? [/QUOTE]
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