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For someone not interested in rules lawyer interpretations, you are clinging really hard to one word that didn't get spelled out explicitly. And it also says: "What Hit Points Represent Hit points mean two things in the game world: the ability to take physical punishment and keep going, and the...

Well, there you have it. We're forum-goers. We're not just going to sit around and do something that makes us unable to comment.

No, I'm reading what you're saying, I'm just disagreeing. I am disagreeing that the use of the word damage, here in layman's terms, overrides the spelled out definitions of hit points and healing. You are claiming this creates tension and inconsistency within the rules. I am contesting this...

I think you're on to something here. Why, the 4e PHB isn't consistent with the 3.5 SRD at all! That should come as a surprise to no one. Not buying it. I'll buy that it was a workable strategy in 3.5 to ignore in combat healing in favor of winning faster. In 4e, that is still a workable...

"Oh, for the love of God..." *Pentius has used Divine Word! *MichaelSomething regains 18hp! Feeling the blessings of the Raven Queen upon him, MichaelSomething realizes his papercut has been healed. However, he feels a strange urge to parry incoming sword attacks with his tongue!

Canus looks toward Moses with a smile, a twinkle in his eye. "Ah, good to see you caught up. This group needed some color."

You're reaching pretty far here. The assumptions you've chosen to make directly contradict the book. If you want to play that way, then do, play what you like, but don't pretend that the system is at fault for not doing something it explicitly states it isn't trying to do. And it's still a...

I took some time and thought about this, too, but I got a different answer than DEFCON1. I don't care about people seeing the error of their preferences. A preference simply is. You like it, or you don't. But I do want people to realize that it is just a preference. It isn't that surges are...

I'm sorry I was rough there, I know it's hard to keep track of editions these days. I really think TSotC needs to just release The Return of AD&D8e: The Second Coming, Part II so we could all be on the same page again.

There isn't going to BE a 6.5, you dolt! In this modern age of gaming, half editions are old hat! Everyone knows it's 1/3 editions now.

RE: Spending surges while dying. This may be technically possible(I'm not going to look up the fiddly bits of whether it is or not), but even if it is, it isn't practically feasible. You're Dying. The game term, Dying, where you have to roll a d20 every round and if you get under a 10 three...

No. It's a Reaction, not an Interrupt, so the enemy gets their attack off before this move begins.

Slaying Stone is probably a nice, relatively easy place to start, due to it being a low level adventure. The capabilities of a 1st level PF party and a 1st level 4e party are much more similar than, say, the same parties at level 10 or 15. That said, I'd be careful with the tuning on the...

Satoshi takes a moment to introduce himself during the walk. He also has the appearance of a wandering monk, but acts in a very different manner than Kjula. Where Kjula is humble and respectful, Satoshi is open, energetic, and tends to treat people as though they are already friends. At the...

And that's the problem with Octagons. Back in the good old days of 4.7, we used dodecahedrons, like God intended. And with those, the Sleep action wasn't overpowered, heck, every character did it almost every night!

Howler lets out an exasperated sigh and sheaths his swords roughly. "I swear, I gotta open every door around here." Grabbing the lid, Howler applies brute strength to the situation.

I find this pretty funny as well. I also find it funny how when the poll or data point does fit a person's view, it is automatically undeniable rock solid Science. I think science gets beat up more on messageboards than a pro-boxer's punching bag.

Actually, I can and you already did. 4e PHB, page 293, that you quoted earlier: "Powers, abilities, and actions that restore hit points are known as healing. You might regain hit points through rest, heroic resolve, or magic." This is right underneath the part where hit points are described...

There are ways to get poison into a human body without cutting it open first. Maybe it's a contact poison, and a drop flew off the blade at the PC. The save would be to see if he was lucky enough to have it not hit, or land on his armor. Maybe he blocks the hit, or turns it aside on his...

I have to disagree with you here. We have no, I repeat, NO concrete evidence Monte or any part of WotC is actively working on 5e. Anything to the contrary is mere speculation and heresay. It doesn't even matter if he really IS working on 5e, we have nothing BUT rumors.