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Realism vs. Believability and the Design of HPs, Powers and Other Things
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<blockquote data-quote="nightwalker450" data-source="post: 5878190" data-attributes="member: 94895"><p>I'm fine with sword slashes being wounds.. But the warlord is my ally telling me to ignore the wounds and push on. The cleric likewise, is using the blessings of his deity to keep us moving. Once the combat is over though, we bandage up the wounds and move on. After combat is fluff, not actual healing.</p><p></p><p>I can't think of many fictions where healing in combat is done, any serious wounds did put the character out for the rest of the battle and the following few days. But from a gaming perspective, those are plot points, not to be handled by rules. (Damn, Bill's Wife called, she's having the baby now... so his character takes a severe wound, that will take the next few sessions to recover from... Good luck Bill, now it's Mark's turn in the initiative.) There are a helluva lot more instances of heroes overcoming their wounds, to carry on, through their own inner strength, or the faith and support of their allies.</p><p></p><p>I have dealt severe wounds to characters who were going on vacation... but no my gaming group has never had a wife go into labor during a gaming session. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nightwalker450, post: 5878190, member: 94895"] I'm fine with sword slashes being wounds.. But the warlord is my ally telling me to ignore the wounds and push on. The cleric likewise, is using the blessings of his deity to keep us moving. Once the combat is over though, we bandage up the wounds and move on. After combat is fluff, not actual healing. I can't think of many fictions where healing in combat is done, any serious wounds did put the character out for the rest of the battle and the following few days. But from a gaming perspective, those are plot points, not to be handled by rules. (Damn, Bill's Wife called, she's having the baby now... so his character takes a severe wound, that will take the next few sessions to recover from... Good luck Bill, now it's Mark's turn in the initiative.) There are a helluva lot more instances of heroes overcoming their wounds, to carry on, through their own inner strength, or the faith and support of their allies. I have dealt severe wounds to characters who were going on vacation... but no my gaming group has never had a wife go into labor during a gaming session. :D [/QUOTE]
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