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<blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 6954975" data-attributes="member: 12731">Hah <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Brings back them memories... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool&nbsp; &nbsp; :cool:"&nbsp; data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" />But seriously, there's nothing wrong with your desires, and lots of (okay, some) games offer that kind of experience, with slow and brutal healing.D&amp;D just isn't that game.You can't both have realistic healing and intense excitement &quot;will you win with a single HP left&quot; kind of battles, not if you want to move on to the next exciting combat.D&amp;D is simply not a game where you avoid damage. D&amp;D is a game where you relish combat, and shrug off damage like an action hero.D&amp;D can be tweaked into more of the game you want, but it starts pretty far from it and really never gets very close (in my opinion). I know what you describe can be had in much more satisifying ways than D&amp;D will ever give you*. I also understand you like the rest of D&amp;D's undeniable advantages. My best advice is therefore this:Go find a realistic fantasy game and enjoy that for what it is. Then come back when you've slaked your thirst for exhausted battered heroes, to enjoy D&amp;D for what it does best: (relative) beer'n'pretzels hack'n'slash and larger'n'life magical action heroes.*) I'm afraid I don't really have any good suggestions here, except good old Warhammer FRP. I'm sure there are American (or at least english-language) games of this kind out there; perhaps other forumists will provide pointers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CapnZapp, post: 6954975, member: 12731"] Hah :) Brings back them memories... :cool: But seriously, there's nothing wrong with your desires, and lots of (okay, some) games offer that kind of experience, with slow and brutal healing. D&D just isn't that game. You can't both have realistic healing and intense excitement "will you win with a single HP left" kind of battles, not if you want to move on to the next exciting combat. D&D is simply not a game where you avoid damage. D&D is a game where you relish combat, and shrug off damage like an action hero. D&D can be tweaked into more of the game you want, but it starts pretty far from it and really never gets very close (in my opinion). I know what you describe can be had in much more satisifying ways than D&D will ever give you*. I also understand you like the rest of D&D's undeniable advantages. My best advice is therefore this: Go find a realistic fantasy game and enjoy that for what it is. Then come back when you've slaked your thirst for exhausted battered heroes, to enjoy D&D for what it does best: (relative) beer'n'pretzels hack'n'slash and larger'n'life magical action heroes. *) I'm afraid I don't really have any good suggestions here, except good old Warhammer FRP. I'm sure there are American (or at least english-language) games of this kind out there; perhaps other forumists will provide pointers. [/QUOTE]

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