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<blockquote data-quote="howandwhy99" data-source="post: 5925931" data-attributes="member: 3192">In game terms it's about the exploration phase of gaming. It's a different time scale, not the combat round scale (whether you use 6 seconds or 1 minute).Let's say you avoided all combat and just dealt with the environment. Tomb and trap adventures are sort of like this. In the Tomb of Horrors you've probably supplied up with food and water and all sorts of tools not to mention henchmen. Now exploring a dungeon like this is still in the Turn-based pace most of the time, but sleeping in safe areas can mean days even weeks come into play. Knowing when to back out and come return matters too, all while expecting (especially in populated areas) that stuff is going to change before you get back. Healing to maximum for every kind of consequence the PC can suffer after only one 8-hour rest really does short change this type of adventure. I'm not saying that the players shouldn't be able to heal while resting, but it was largely about spending resources, renewable or otherwise. 1 HP / 24 hours of total rest (or light activity, which does not mean dungeon delving). Add on to that early DMs and some rule sets which did not allow natural bed rest healing while in a dungeon and certain play styles can be seen to desire a feel of come and go, back and forth to town to rest, recuperate and resupply. A lot of play sounds like monster, monster, monster hack and slash to me or freeform RP with quick, exciting combats mixed in. For me the exploration phase is most of the game, so healing rates, like walking rates, and food &amp; water effects, and fatigue, and lots of other stuff all mean a lot more over the scope of play. (Now it's not only what I play, but it doesn't get hand waved away just because the players are focused on other elements).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="howandwhy99, post: 5925931, member: 3192"] In game terms it's about the exploration phase of gaming. It's a different time scale, not the combat round scale (whether you use 6 seconds or 1 minute). Let's say you avoided all combat and just dealt with the environment. Tomb and trap adventures are sort of like this. In the Tomb of Horrors you've probably supplied up with food and water and all sorts of tools not to mention henchmen. Now exploring a dungeon like this is still in the Turn-based pace most of the time, but sleeping in safe areas can mean days even weeks come into play. Knowing when to back out and come return matters too, all while expecting (especially in populated areas) that stuff is going to change before you get back. Healing to maximum for every kind of consequence the PC can suffer after only one 8-hour rest really does short change this type of adventure. I'm not saying that the players shouldn't be able to heal while resting, but it was largely about spending resources, renewable or otherwise. 1 HP / 24 hours of total rest (or light activity, which does not mean dungeon delving). Add on to that early DMs and some rule sets which did not allow natural bed rest healing while in a dungeon and certain play styles can be seen to desire a feel of come and go, back and forth to town to rest, recuperate and resupply. A lot of play sounds like monster, monster, monster hack and slash to me or freeform RP with quick, exciting combats mixed in. For me the exploration phase is most of the game, so healing rates, like walking rates, and food & water effects, and fatigue, and lots of other stuff all mean a lot more over the scope of play. (Now it's not only what I play, but it doesn't get hand waved away just because the players are focused on other elements). [/QUOTE]

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