Forked from: Can the First Aid Skill "Use Second Wind" be used on unconscious characters?
From 6th level onwards (when a wizard with 10 CON has 40 hit points), it's guaranteed to be worse than Second Wind.
If a healing potion is the worst form of healing in the game and an absolute last resort, there's no reason for any party to have more than one of them or ever hope to use it. If that's the case, why give them out as treasure?
The cost of this last resort isn't negligible either. It's half a starting character's gold, as much as plate armour, 1/7 of a magic item, or five castings of Gentle Repose or Tenser's Floating Disk.
Shroomy, I'm surprised that you find them worthwhile, especially with two leaders in the party. It's not my experience that 4e characters need to be fearful enough when 10 hit points down that it's worth dropping future healing potential or spending the required actions and gold. Your contrary experience is interesting, though.
DracoSuave said:A potion isn't supposed to be a replacement for Healing Word. It's your emergency kit, your thing of last resort, for when other methods of non-standard action healing have evaded you. Why -would- it be better than Second Wind?
From 6th level onwards (when a wizard with 10 CON has 40 hit points), it's guaranteed to be worse than Second Wind.
If a healing potion is the worst form of healing in the game and an absolute last resort, there's no reason for any party to have more than one of them or ever hope to use it. If that's the case, why give them out as treasure?
The cost of this last resort isn't negligible either. It's half a starting character's gold, as much as plate armour, 1/7 of a magic item, or five castings of Gentle Repose or Tenser's Floating Disk.
Shroomy, I'm surprised that you find them worthwhile, especially with two leaders in the party. It's not my experience that 4e characters need to be fearful enough when 10 hit points down that it's worth dropping future healing potential or spending the required actions and gold. Your contrary experience is interesting, though.