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It's apples an oranges, and scale is relative. Scale in an MMRPG has to be an abstraction, to some degree. When you are playing a pen and paper game, the distances aren't real, they are just arbitrary distances and time durations needed to get to them, and the relation to real time is quite...

I know that Evony has been the popular advertiser to talk about lately, due to all the controversy surrounding them, but what about other advertisers? Is it appropriate to discuss those in the Meta forum in general? If one receives very poor service, or even are the victim of fraud due to one...

So... I guess not. :( I was someone here might be familiar with them, since they are an advertiser on this site (which is how I originally found them).

It's not a paradox, but rather a minor retcon that immediately changes the action that is being resolved. There are many 4E powers that allow you to respond to a success of an enemy or failure of a player with a "wait, that's not what really happened" power. It interrupts the action that is...

I hope this isn't too far off-topic, but I didn't really see another forum here that was a good fit. I tried Googling for experiences of people from Battleworks.net, but I came up pretty dry except 1 random person with a gripe regarding shipping costs overseas... Not much else. I've run...

I had intended to Preview my last post rather than Post it when I did... and Enworld is being so painfully slow that I didn't go back to edit it. I'm sure I came off as ranting somewhat, but it wasn't directed towards everyone here who isn't satisfied with 4E's healing mechanic... just a few...

You know, I think I'm just tired of even trying to justify this. Many of the people who are bugged by these things are obviously just finding things to nitpick about, even though they were fine with 3rd editions and other absurd things. So what if a hero can heal up in a night's rest? Sure...

You say they do because the rules don't say they don't. The problem is, the rules don't say they do either. If it's not stated in the rules, then the DM is the judge (possibly with input of players). The DM can (and should) base this decision on what works best for the plot, which is exactly...

Well, NPCs and monsters get 1 surge per tier (but generally don't have the ability to spend them on their own). If a power causes someone to spend a surge, then they can't be healed unless they have a surge left, with one exception. A dying character can be restored to 1 HP with a healing...

So, my 4E's renewing my interest in D&D, giving me a new found passion for DM'ing, and making me feel freed of certain aspects of previous editions I've found frustrating is nothing but a product of self-deception? If the point of the game is to be a simulation, then yes, it does have serious...

Bolding is mine, not Jeff's. You see, I don't disagree with that. As far as "functionality" goes, it's true. The thing is, it's not required that the narrative doesn't require it to be (and for some of us, doesn't). However, even taking a completely pure literal view of hit point loss and...

A few times, I considered making a custom long-term recovery system that would be modeled after the disease condition track mechanics. I was thinking it could be triggered either by a crit or being knocked unconscious from going to 0 hit points. It might temporarily reduce their number of max...

Oh sure. I was merely trying to head off any "but those are movies and not reality" type statements that I thought someone might respond to my examples with. There are certainly examples of it in real life as well but what I meant as that it's commonplace enough in our fiction to show that...

CapnZapp, have you looked at Dragonshard augments at all from the Eberron Player's guide? They might not be exactly what you want, but they sound like they are in the ballpark.

Nice example Doppleganger. I was actually typing out a list of cinematic examples last night myself, but then my internet went out and it didn't go through. :( I remember wrestling matches as a kid, where Hulk Hogan would appear to be losing a match, and then suddenly he'd become focused...

Having good stats, and appropriate and specialized stats was just as important in 3E than in 4E. The only real difference is that the mechanics are more generalized and universal and you 4E ALWAYS gives you a bonus point to put into a secondary or tertiary ability. As a striker class, he has...

Your claim that hit points are divorced from fatigue aren't true. Many of these examples fall into the realms of Endurance checks, and Endurance checks *can* cause loss of healing surges and hit point loss. "Climbing a cliff" wasn't specifically mentioned, but "climbing a mountain" is. The...

Did you happen to check out the post I made a few posts above yours? Just because hit points can describe wounds, and things other than wounds, doesn't mean that hit point loss can't mean that it can be both of these things at the very same time. Even in real life, a wound has more effect...

Where is there an eternal wand of healing? The ability to keep all NPCs alive and healthy isn't simply a matter of whether the ability to heal them exists in the world. It's more of a matter of "economics". There aren't enough eternal wands and clerics to go around, just like despite all the...

If they are being healed using divine magic, absolutely. However, NPCs aren't usually designed with ways to heal themselves or spend healing surges, mechanically speaking. Players are supposed to be heroes. They are the exceptions. They are supposed to be able to endure when the normal...