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<blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 4394171" data-attributes="member: 996">Potions are there as a last resort form of in-combat healing.&nbsp; Anything else is usually better.&nbsp; Drinking a potion is a minor action, so you can still take a useful standard action on a round you drink a potion.There are very few ways to heal without expending surges, but there are some.&nbsp; An Inspiring Warlord's Commanding Presence provides healing when you spend an Action point, and there are other Warlord powers that provide some healing without surges.&nbsp; The Cleric has a number of spells, starting with CLW that heal without a surge.&nbsp; Non-surge healing is generally tied to some other strictly limitted resource, like a daily power or, in the Inspiring Warlord's case, an action point.&nbsp;&nbsp; While potions are a limitted resource when level-apropriate, a lower level potion could be virtually unlimitted (much like the 3e CLW Wand), and it's pretty clear they were trying to avoid that this time around.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tony Vargas, post: 4394171, member: 996"] Potions are there as a last resort form of in-combat healing. Anything else is usually better. Drinking a potion is a minor action, so you can still take a useful standard action on a round you drink a potion. There are very few ways to heal without expending surges, but there are some. An Inspiring Warlord's Commanding Presence provides healing when you spend an Action point, and there are other Warlord powers that provide some healing without surges. The Cleric has a number of spells, starting with CLW that heal without a surge. Non-surge healing is generally tied to some other strictly limitted resource, like a daily power or, in the Inspiring Warlord's case, an action point. While potions are a limitted resource when level-apropriate, a lower level potion could be virtually unlimitted (much like the 3e CLW Wand), and it's pretty clear they were trying to avoid that this time around. [/QUOTE]

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