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<blockquote data-quote="Fenes" data-source="post: 4469079" data-attributes="member: 604">Because, after 10 years, I have some notion of how my players react, and I know how I react. I can already hear the dialogue:Player: &quot;X is down? What do his wounds look like? bleeding, or just knocked out? If the later, I keep attacking the enemies, he'll get up on his own.&quot;DM: &quot;You can't tell.&quot;Player: &quot;I am next to him, and the enemy is wielding a waraxe. So, X just got hit &quot;somewhere, somehow&quot;, no clues about his wounds? No blood fountain?&quot;DM: &quot;You have to spend an action to check.&quot;Player: &quot;I just want to know if he's bleeding much, or has obvious wounds.&quot;DM: &quot;He's bleeding from a gash on his head.&quot;Player: &quot;Ah, then it's either not really serious, or too serious to do anything without magic. I'll kill the enemy, then we'll wake X up - or bury him.&quot;DM: You're a warlord, you could heal him.Player: He's unconscious, he can't hear my encouraging words, and if such words would be enough to raise him he'll be fine anyway.DM: He might die without treatment!Player: I am no cleric, I don't do healing magic.DM: Yes, you do!Player: No, I am a warlord, not a cleric!DM: The effect is the same!and so on.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fenes, post: 4469079, member: 604"] Because, after 10 years, I have some notion of how my players react, and I know how I react. I can already hear the dialogue: Player: "X is down? What do his wounds look like? bleeding, or just knocked out? If the later, I keep attacking the enemies, he'll get up on his own." DM: "You can't tell." Player: "I am next to him, and the enemy is wielding a waraxe. So, X just got hit "somewhere, somehow", no clues about his wounds? No blood fountain?" DM: "You have to spend an action to check." Player: "I just want to know if he's bleeding much, or has obvious wounds." DM: "He's bleeding from a gash on his head." Player: "Ah, then it's either not really serious, or too serious to do anything without magic. I'll kill the enemy, then we'll wake X up - or bury him." DM: You're a warlord, you could heal him. Player: He's unconscious, he can't hear my encouraging words, and if such words would be enough to raise him he'll be fine anyway. DM: He might die without treatment! Player: I am no cleric, I don't do healing magic. DM: Yes, you do! Player: No, I am a warlord, not a cleric! DM: The effect is the same! and so on. [/QUOTE]

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