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<blockquote data-quote="MerricB" data-source="post: 4470747" data-attributes="member: 3586">It's a good solution only for those who want what damage means to be absolutely clear... it is an awful mechanic as far as the game goes.What is the actual effect of this? Well, it just gives the characters more hit points per encounter. Oh. That's not actually what Healing Surges mean in the game. The primary use of healing surges is to provide healing between encounters.That's rather important. Consider a character who could use all of their healing surges in the one combat. 9 surges, 40 hp. That means the character effectively has 400 hp... all of which get spent in one encounter, but that's specifically against the design intent of healing surges, which is to work against the &quot;5-minute&quot; day, and also provide the ability for a group without clerics to play more than one encounter per day.One unusual factor about healing surges is that they are, in fact, limited in number. You can't just keep going and going. That clerical healing often just adds onto an existing healing surge is very interesting. Think about the implications of that: a cleric is no longer limited by how many spells they can prepare, but instead by how much someone can actually heal in a day. (There's a few fantasy settings that models rather well, actually).Cheers!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MerricB, post: 4470747, member: 3586"] It's a good solution only for those who want what damage means to be absolutely clear... it is an awful mechanic as far as the game goes. What is the actual effect of this? Well, it just gives the characters more hit points per encounter. Oh. That's not actually what Healing Surges mean in the game. The [i]primary[/i] use of healing surges is to provide healing [i]between[/i] encounters. That's rather important. Consider a character who could use all of their healing surges in the one combat. 9 surges, 40 hp. That means the character effectively has 400 hp... all of which get spent in one encounter, but that's specifically against the design intent of healing surges, which is to work against the "5-minute" day, and also provide the ability for a group without clerics to play more than one encounter per day. One unusual factor about healing surges is that they are, in fact, limited in number. You can't just keep going and going. That clerical healing often just adds onto an existing healing surge is very interesting. Think about the implications of that: a cleric is no longer limited by how many spells they can prepare, but instead by how much someone can actually heal in a day. (There's a few fantasy settings that models rather well, actually). Cheers! [/QUOTE]

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