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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 9200907" data-attributes="member: 42582"><p>My point is that I can infer, from the fact that most 1st or 2nd level PCs can recover from any non-fatal injury in a week or two of rest, that none of those non-fatal injuries is evisceration, maiming or even serious damage to joints.</p><p></p><p>Which puts a pretty hard cap on how much <em>wounding</em> is occurring when a PC loses hit points.</p><p></p><p>How long does it take to regain the favour of the gods?</p><p></p><p>But anyway, it's pretty clear that Gygax didn't set the recovery time having an eye on realism. He set it in such a way that, basically, <em>resting</em> takes you out of this week's dungeon expedition. The rules for recovery times need to be read in concert with his rules for how to handle time.</p><p></p><p>As per the quote I posted upthread, in his PHB Gygax refers to "potential" damage.</p><p></p><p>That depends. If what makes one strike in ten debilitating is that a combatant gradually gets worn down, then restoring their resolve and vigour will enable them to "erase" the five strikes that missed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 9200907, member: 42582"] My point is that I can infer, from the fact that most 1st or 2nd level PCs can recover from any non-fatal injury in a week or two of rest, that none of those non-fatal injuries is evisceration, maiming or even serious damage to joints. Which puts a pretty hard cap on how much [I]wounding[/I] is occurring when a PC loses hit points. How long does it take to regain the favour of the gods? But anyway, it's pretty clear that Gygax didn't set the recovery time having an eye on realism. He set it in such a way that, basically, [I]resting[/I] takes you out of this week's dungeon expedition. The rules for recovery times need to be read in concert with his rules for how to handle time. As per the quote I posted upthread, in his PHB Gygax refers to "potential" damage. That depends. If what makes one strike in ten debilitating is that a combatant gradually gets worn down, then restoring their resolve and vigour will enable them to "erase" the five strikes that missed. [/QUOTE]
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