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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kraydak" data-source="post: 4640386" data-attributes="member: 12306">Blink.Blink blink.Blink blink blink.If you assume that your human character corresponds to, at least somewhat, a RL human, then you (probably, lucky you if not) know from personal experience that injuries take a while to heal.  You also know that people don't just keel over and die (except due to exceptional bad health/old age) w/o injury.  Therefore a character who is in danger of dieing should take a while to fully recover w/o magic (if it is possible at all, good luck "recovering" from old age w/o magic.  actually, good luck to us all *hopes*).1e: sprained ankles, severed arms, cracked ribs are all injuries.  They decrease your ability to fight (lost hp, worse in the case of severed arms), and take a while (days, minimum, forever w/o magic in the case of severed arms) to heal.4e: Either sprained ankles and cracked ribs (and gaping chest wounds or slashed throats) do not affect your character at all (you can be at full hp/surges with them) OR your character heals all physical wounds, naturally, within 6 hours.Neither edition requires narration.  One of the two editions can support narration w/o assuming either that your character is able to regenerate or that his body can be hacked to bits w/o consequence.And previous editions have a system to support long-term injuries.  It is called the hp mechanic w/natural healing.  We can argue about the accuracy of the time-scale they imply.  Please don't pretend that the system isn't there.</blockquote>

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