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<blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 6060476" data-attributes="member: 2011"><p>[OOC]Even though 4M posted the creature rule, it goes beyond that a bit. The reason PCs lose a round is (abet a house rule for some DMs here) because PCs have the advantage over the NPCs of posting in any order. Without such a rule, a PC would never ever be unconscious (or stunned for those who use the same rule for stunned) for any significant period of time. Just due to the way the forums work, players post in any order they want (as opposed to being limited to an initiative order). Hence, the Leader(s) can always heal an unconscious PC (assuming the leaders have a heal remaining), and that PC can always get back up and attack in the same round right away. The player of the unconscious PC just has to wait to post until his/her PC is healed. NPCs typically do not have this advantage (beside the point that they rarely heal) because NPCs typically do act in the same order every round. Being able to switch around the order of who goes first is a major advantage for the players (e.g. "Ok, I use my mega to hit buff on everyone else" and this is done almost every time BEFORE other players post, hence every PC gets the advantage immediately as opposed to the following round).</p><p></p><p>This rule also tends to protect the PCs, even though it appears to only hinder them. Without this rule, DMs would actually be encouraged to attack an unconscious PC with every single remaining NPC available because the DM knows that the PC will immediately be healed (and the overall result is as if the PC had never even been unconscious). With the rule, the DM is encouraged to ignore the downed PC and attack other PCs because the DM knows that PC will not be acting the next round. Granted, the DM could still attack the PC with every single remaining NPC, but the incentive to do that or the unconscious PC immediately counterattacks is no longer there.[/OOC]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KarinsDad, post: 6060476, member: 2011"] [OOC]Even though 4M posted the creature rule, it goes beyond that a bit. The reason PCs lose a round is (abet a house rule for some DMs here) because PCs have the advantage over the NPCs of posting in any order. Without such a rule, a PC would never ever be unconscious (or stunned for those who use the same rule for stunned) for any significant period of time. Just due to the way the forums work, players post in any order they want (as opposed to being limited to an initiative order). Hence, the Leader(s) can always heal an unconscious PC (assuming the leaders have a heal remaining), and that PC can always get back up and attack in the same round right away. The player of the unconscious PC just has to wait to post until his/her PC is healed. NPCs typically do not have this advantage (beside the point that they rarely heal) because NPCs typically do act in the same order every round. Being able to switch around the order of who goes first is a major advantage for the players (e.g. "Ok, I use my mega to hit buff on everyone else" and this is done almost every time BEFORE other players post, hence every PC gets the advantage immediately as opposed to the following round). This rule also tends to protect the PCs, even though it appears to only hinder them. Without this rule, DMs would actually be encouraged to attack an unconscious PC with every single remaining NPC available because the DM knows that the PC will immediately be healed (and the overall result is as if the PC had never even been unconscious). With the rule, the DM is encouraged to ignore the downed PC and attack other PCs because the DM knows that PC will not be acting the next round. Granted, the DM could still attack the PC with every single remaining NPC, but the incentive to do that or the unconscious PC immediately counterattacks is no longer there.[/OOC] [/QUOTE]
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