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There is no narrative difference between 3e natural healing and healing surges. You are missing the point, a healing surge is androgynous, they cover a whole host of narrative options. If you're unwilling to accept that then there isn't much hope for your view of tradition and how that fits...

I didn't expect you to do anything. Ah huh. How a world was structured forced the shape and tropes of your world. Sure sounds like it is totally divorced from worldbuilding.

If you're referring to the map as a draconian reality, then yeah not allowing for player suggestion is pretty unreasonable isn't it.

That was specifically in response to "my fighter suddenly has divine magic" which is not what healing surges amount to or what I suggested either. The healing magic narrative can be attributed to healing surges but that does translate into "my fighter is healing itself". Mundane narratives like...

The PC isn't creating setting reality. The player and DM are, which is how RPGs work. Yeah and I suppose it's incompetent for a wizard not to be able to wield a sword with efficiency...oh wait. Yeah and being able to successfully cut somebody off at the pass is a reasonable ability to be...

I could care less about burden of proof. I'm not going to trawl through forum archives and blogs because you think I'm lying. It has nothing to do with worldbuilding? Well, if you say so.

Various forums, blogs and game related discussion areas. You know, the usual places. You could always google it if you are skeptical and find out for yourself and really the shoehorning argument is a component to PoL restricting worldbuilding argument.

There are no prisoners in the eternal ethnic cleansing of indigenous monsters from their native bizarro homes.

Yeah, I'm ~so~ certain that was their ~evil~ plan all along. Note: ~ for sarcasm. I like the minimalist approach and am not sure about the premise that MMs teach new DMs much of anything. Most new DMs cut their teeth on published adventures, which is a much better introduction for such fluff...

If you step back you would see that I initially brought up visceral as a conclusion to the responses by Herremann the Wise. The point was to clarify in the spirit of mutual understanding. You jumped in between a reply to somebody else. How am I supposed to address your specific concerns? I also...

Let's just stick to narrative space outside of combat for now, since that is what your example illustrates. So war tactics are intellectual rather than experiential? If a non-martial class can not perform any notable feat of martial based action then how can an arcane wizard have any notable...

An appeal to your taste does not strengthen what you are saying. All it does it say, there's nothing much you can say because I'm set in my tastes. That makes it nigh impossible to address your criticisms because you're unwilling to accept anything else under the pretense of personal taste...

It's feeling not reaction. It doesn't matter if it's visceral, I already said that but it that won't stop me from pointing where your assumptions are ill-informing your criticisms. And no.

For the sake of simplicity, lets extend narrative space outside of combat. A wizard can not advise a war council because that's apart of the martial power source. A paladin can not be a notable warrior because they are a divine power source. A bard can not be a swashbuckler because they are...

So we agree, it's a visceral thing? I'm confused by your first sentence and your last sentence. Maybe that is true for you but if I was to believe that everybody who might read this forum is equally habitual then it'd be a pretty depressing revelation. You have clear reasons which relate to...

You are explaining a visceral complaint. So yes, it is completely visceral. You don't like how the mechanics alter gameplay. So what is gameplay if it is *not the feelings (enjoyment, satisfaction, frustration etc etc) we get when we interact with the game? You can state what you think and how...

I was unaware that power sources had any relevance in narrative space. If a warlord is barred from divine ability then is a wizard barred from martial ability because they are from an arcane power source? I can understand this. Although, I don't see how what I purpose changes how the mechanics...

So it's simply visceral. Which is what I said earlier. However, there are some flaws in your representation of healing surges and a lot of it has to do with built up assumptions over, what I assume, is years of play. That's fine but I'm not going to stop trying to show you how your assumptions...

Again, you're assuming a lot. Who says it's not magical? A warlord could easily have a bit of divine healing, like Eugene from Band of Brothers and his reference to Cajun healers, Kord's will could easily flow through his words of inspiration and give his buddies a rapid recovery. The...

I'll have to draw a line under that because I'll just be repeating myself. Do not make critical assessments if you're not trying to argue a point. This is an example of a critical statement which is then contradicted by another strawman. Since you're not arguing a point, I won't clarify your...