Balancing fast healing

[Ferrix]

If you're going to give a Con penalty equal to twice the fast healing number, I'd make it no level adjustment. Sure at low levels that is only a hit point or so, but at low levels a hit point or three can make a huge difference in any fight where you get hit more than once.

 

[Corsair]

I'm currently playing a paladin 2 / Afflicted Black Werebear / Warshaper 4. I am an 11th level very high STR melee machine with fast healing 2. But Fast healing doesn't help when you're regularly being hit for between 25-35 every other round. All it means is that healing up after fights is easier/cheaper, but small amounts don't help much in the middle of the fight. It's the equivalent of having 20 extra HP in a 10 round fight. Considering most fights last much less than that, it isn't nearly as impressive as some of you make it out to be.

 

[Cheiromancer]

If you're going to give a Con penalty equal to twice the fast healing number, I'd make it no level adjustment. Sure at low levels that is only a hit point or so, but at low levels a hit point or three can make a huge difference in any fight where you get hit more than once.

That was my original thought. But gamecat, the Jester and Sigurd didn't seem to think that was a good idea at all. However, since Ferrix posted his analysis, I wonder if I should have been persuaded so quickly.

 

[Ferrix]

That was my original thought. But gamecat, the Jester and Sigurd didn't seem to think that was a good idea at all. However, since Ferrix posted his analysis, I wonder if I should have been persuaded so quickly.

Side question Cheiromancer, did you go to university in Rochester?

 

[Cheiromancer]

Side question Cheiromancer, did you go to university in Rochester?

No- in Edmonton and Toronto. But I teach philosophy at St. John Fisher College in Rochester.

[edit]It's my first semester there- I haven't even met all the people in my department, let alone those at RIT or the U of R. I teach intro and basic logic. My own specialty is philosophy of mind- consciousness and AI.[/edit]

 

[Ferrix]

No- in Edmonton and Toronto. But I teach philosophy at St. John Fisher College in Rochester.

What branches? I went to RIT for two years, started in Mechanical Engineering and ended up leaving since they didn't have a Philosophy program. Would you happen to know John Capps, Timothy Engstrom and Brian Schroeder? Favorite professors of mine in the phil. department at RIT.

 

[Cabral]

Since I dug out RaceCalc for another thread, I looked up it's appraisal of fast healing... +0.5 Considering that most Fast healing monsters have a lot of other abilities, this may be taking it out of context. Just thought I'd offer the extra bit of info though