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<blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 4468133" data-attributes="member: 1656">Ah!&nbsp; Now here, I agree.Our 80 hit point fighter takes 75 points of damage.&nbsp; He is at 5 hit points, and we describe all manner of cuts and bruises appearing.What does the 5 represent?&nbsp; It represents how able he is to avoid a killing stroke.He uses a healing surge, and regains 20 hit points.&nbsp; What has increased?&nbsp; His ability to avoid a killing stroke.&nbsp; Does that mean his cuts and bruises all have to disappear?&nbsp; No, it doesn't - those are not directly affecting his ability to avoid a killing stroke, so they can remain even though his ability to avoid a killing stroke has increased from 5 to 25.A healing surge has been used, and no cuts and bruises have magically disappeared, because hit points don't represent cuts and bruises; hit points represent ability to avoid a killing stroke.The healing surge doesn't alter the effects of the last ten hits.&nbsp; It alters the effect of the next hit, which hasn't happened yet.&nbsp; Time's Arrow is not violated, because the event now (healing surge) has no effect on the past; it affects the future.-Hyp.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hypersmurf, post: 4468133, member: 1656"] Ah! Now here, I agree. Our 80 hit point fighter takes 75 points of damage. He is at 5 hit points, and we describe all manner of cuts and bruises appearing. What does the 5 represent? It represents how able he is to avoid a killing stroke. He uses a healing surge, and regains 20 hit points. What has increased? His ability to avoid a killing stroke. Does that mean his cuts and bruises all have to disappear? No, it doesn't - those are not directly affecting his ability to avoid a killing stroke, so they can remain even though his ability to avoid a killing stroke has increased from 5 to 25. A healing surge has been used, and no cuts and bruises have magically disappeared, because hit points don't represent cuts and bruises; hit points represent ability to avoid a killing stroke. The healing surge doesn't alter the effects of the [i]last[/i] ten hits. It alters the effect of the [i]next[/i] hit, which hasn't happened yet. Time's Arrow is not violated, because the event [i]now[/i] (healing surge) has no effect on the past; it affects the [i]future[/i]. -Hyp. [/QUOTE]

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