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<blockquote data-quote="Hella_Tellah" data-source="post: 4060741" data-attributes="member: 52669">You've chosen to interpret those abilities so simplistically, but there's no reason the rest of us have to.&nbsp; You have chosen to interpret the Warlord's ability to boost healing as words knitting bone, but it needn't represent that at all.&nbsp; Inspirational words don't knit broken bones because HP doesn't represent broken bones, it represents the courage to press on, which may be adversely affected by injuries.&nbsp; A good commander can push his soldiers beyond physical pain, beyond fear, to achieve amazing feats, and the Warlord's &quot;healing&quot; represents that.The Paladin smites a goblin, which confers upon an ally a bonus to AC.&nbsp; You may interpret that as a garish and game-ish blue shield, but I'll be thinking of it as an intangible blessing conferred upon the ally as a result of the Paladin's prayer.&nbsp; If her deity confers that blessing on the apostate Rogue, the Rogue may not even believe the god had anything to do with his newly increased agility.&nbsp; &quot;Divine powers,&quot; he says, &quot;Are nothing but holy baloney.&nbsp; I dodged the highwayman's throwing axe.&quot;If you're a Battlestar Galactica fan, think of the blessings conferred upon Gaius Baltar as a result of his faith in the Cylon god.&nbsp; He succeeds, often spectacularly, against overwhelming odds, and yet even he is unsure of the existence of his patron deity.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hella_Tellah, post: 4060741, member: 52669"] You've chosen to interpret those abilities so simplistically, but there's no reason the rest of us have to. You have chosen to interpret the Warlord's ability to boost healing as words knitting bone, but it needn't represent that at all. Inspirational words don't knit broken bones because HP doesn't [i]represent[/i] broken bones, it represents the courage to press on, which may be adversely affected by injuries. A good commander can push his soldiers beyond physical pain, beyond fear, to achieve amazing feats, and the Warlord's "healing" represents that. The Paladin smites a goblin, which confers upon an ally a bonus to AC. You may interpret that as a garish and game-ish blue shield, but I'll be thinking of it as an intangible blessing conferred upon the ally as a result of the Paladin's prayer. If her deity confers that blessing on the apostate Rogue, the Rogue may not even believe the god had anything to do with his newly increased agility. "Divine powers," he says, "Are nothing but holy baloney. [i]I[/i] dodged the highwayman's throwing axe." If you're a Battlestar Galactica fan, think of the blessings conferred upon Gaius Baltar as a result of his faith in the Cylon god. He succeeds, often spectacularly, against overwhelming odds, and yet even [i]he[/i] is unsure of the existence of his patron deity. [/QUOTE]

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