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<blockquote data-quote="Lacyon" data-source="post: 4155237" data-attributes="member: 63046">Given that a big chunk of tables were TPKed (or otherwise lost that fight), no. In those cases, at least, it wouldn't have really benefitted from regaining 25% of its hp.In the other cases, you have to guess or calculate if regaining 25% of your hp and boosting your defenses for a turn is better than dishing out a bunch of damage and potentially dropping a couple of opponents. Since the dragon is suffering every PC's attack each round, it could well be losing around 25% of its hp on average against at-level opponents, in which case spending a round to heal isn't usually a good idea. The playtest would have been an exception, because the first-level characters wouldn't have as much damage output.Given that Chris has already confirmed that not all monsters and NPCs have healing surges, it's totally possible that the Dragon doesn't have it. Heck, maybe the designers decided to just give him a 25% boost to hp and say &quot;He doesn't need an action to get it back, he just has it for free&quot;. Nobody would know the difference if they didn't peek behind the screen.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lacyon, post: 4155237, member: 63046"] Given that a big chunk of tables were TPKed (or otherwise lost that fight), no. In those cases, at least, it wouldn't have really benefitted from regaining 25% of its hp. In the other cases, you have to guess or calculate if regaining 25% of your hp and boosting your defenses for a turn is better than dishing out a bunch of damage and potentially dropping a couple of opponents. Since the dragon is suffering every PC's attack each round, it could well be losing around 25% of its hp on average against at-level opponents, in which case spending a round to heal isn't usually a good idea. The playtest would have been an exception, because the first-level characters wouldn't have as much damage output. Given that Chris has already confirmed that not all monsters and NPCs have healing surges, it's totally possible that the Dragon doesn't have it. Heck, maybe the designers decided to just give him a 25% boost to hp and say "He doesn't need an action to get it back, he just has it for free". Nobody would know the difference if they didn't peek behind the screen. [/QUOTE]

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