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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DogBackward" data-source="post: 5813980" data-attributes="member: 50642">I like it, though I would add one thing: during a short rest, you can make a DC 15 Heal check to apply first aid to someone who is Bloodied. Any given person can make only one check per short rest. If this check succeeds, then the target's Bloodied condition is suppressed until the next time the target takes damage. If you want to be lenient, this can be until the target takes damage equal to 5+Con. or 10+Con.Your fighters are going to be constantly Bloodied. As they should be... that's the drawback of playing a heavy melee combat character. If you start to complain about being Bloodied because you took 50 damage, just remember that the 40 HP Mage wouldn't be around to complain at all, and count your blessings.But having a constant negative status effect just for participating in battle is a bit much. This allows you to get patched up a bit after battle, and remove any penalties that might be afflicting you. But if you get hurt again, it's not only going to cause new wounds, but open up old ones. If you use the lenient version, this gives warrior types at least a hit or two in combat before they start having to worry about being Bloodied again. It also models real-world first-aid relatively well: you won't be able to heal the wounds completely, but you can patch them up good enough that they can be ignored... for now.(For the record, this was inspired by the way they handle injury and healing in the Dominion RPG. It's a decent game, check it out. It's got a lot of interesting mechanics. It is a little grim and gritty for some, though, including a pretty nasty death spiral if you get hit too often...)</blockquote>

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