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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 5776174" data-attributes="member: 2011">I just wish that damage were damage. I wish healing were healing that took real magic to accomplish, and not encouragement that every creature behind every bush can manage. I wish the game healing mechanics weren't a reiteration of mmorpg mechanics of how imaginary characters should be affected in an imaginary world all in the name of expediency and entitlement.The characters are in this magical world where they are attacked by claws and teeth and weapons and lava, but aren't really damaged. The threats aren't real and nothing matters cause the tooth fairy of healing surges will come along and make everything all right.Unless of course, we've had too many fights that day, or the player fails 3 death saving throws in which case, the laws of the universe change and we need to go to a different well and pull out a ritual (or a specialized PC ability) or even go create a new character. Course, that takes time and we can't have that. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />I'd just prefer that the term damage in the game actually mean damage, the term healing in the game actually mean healing, and that not all PCs have these supernatural mystical magical abilities. It would be nice if there were a power source where a PC just swung a sword and didn't have the Wuxia stance du jour. Skill, not magic.</blockquote>

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