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<blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 4080056" data-attributes="member: 158">My take on it: Why does no hit points lost necessarily mean &quot;scrape free?&quot; Someone who had rested for a day might be in shape enough to get moving again, but they might still look like hell. After the cuts and bruises of 12 attackers, narrowly avoiding being roasted to death by 3 fireballs, and gods knows what else, they rest for the rest of the day, get a fresh start, and they look like John McClain warmed over, but they have enough willpower and stamina to keep functioning. It's only after the adventure is over that they spend three weeks in town, rest up, spending on ale and whores, and they're healed over enough for the next adventure.Has anyone ever looked at the Die Hard movies and wondered, &quot;how the HECK does he keep going?!?!?&quot; Healing Surges are one way to describe it. If people can accept that hit points are a mix of health, luck, and skill at staying alive, then is it really too much of a stretch to imagine cut-up heroes who still have most or all their hit points?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Henry, post: 4080056, member: 158"] My take on it: Why does no hit points lost necessarily mean "scrape free?" Someone who had rested for a day might be in shape enough to get moving again, but they might still look like hell. After the cuts and bruises of 12 attackers, narrowly avoiding being roasted to death by 3 fireballs, and gods knows what else, they rest for the rest of the day, get a fresh start, and they look like John McClain warmed over, but they have enough willpower and stamina to keep functioning. It's only after the adventure is over that they spend three weeks in town, rest up, spending on ale and whores, and they're healed over enough for the next adventure. Has anyone ever looked at the Die Hard movies and wondered, "how the HECK does he keep going?!?!?" Healing Surges are one way to describe it. If people can accept that hit points are a mix of health, luck, and skill at staying alive, then is it really too much of a stretch to imagine cut-up heroes who still have most or all their hit points? [/QUOTE]

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