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<blockquote data-quote="Cadfan" data-source="post: 4628292" data-attributes="member: 40961">WOTC podcast.&nbsp; Someone asked what a healing surge &quot;was.&quot;&nbsp; The example the question gave was, &quot;my wizard's at zero, he spends a healing surge, now he's up again, what happened?&nbsp; Why isn't he bothered by having been speared by a hobgoblin or whatever?&quot;&nbsp;The answer was, &quot;don't oversell damage.&quot;&nbsp; They also added two things that I thought were neat- first, they contextualized the question by talking about how they, as DMs, had similar problems in earlier editions when they described damage as being incredibly severe, and yet the recipient kept on fighting.&nbsp; Second, they talked about how you, as a DM, can and should adjust your damage descriptions based on how you expect the PC to be healed.&nbsp; If you know a cleric's going to heal the character, you might have them impaled by the hobgoblin.&nbsp; But if the healing is going to come from a warlord, you might want them to get their bell wrung, and be able to shake off the worst of it with some encouragement to get back into the fight.&nbsp;They also kept joking about the issue for the rest of the podcast.&nbsp; The best line was, when discussing a poison dart trap: &quot;The poison dart RIPS RIGHT THROUGH YOUR EYE SOCKET!&nbsp; TWO DAMAGE!&nbsp; MUHAHA!&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cadfan, post: 4628292, member: 40961"] WOTC podcast. Someone asked what a healing surge "was." The example the question gave was, "my wizard's at zero, he spends a healing surge, now he's up again, what happened? Why isn't he bothered by having been speared by a hobgoblin or whatever?" The answer was, "don't oversell damage." They also added two things that I thought were neat- first, they contextualized the question by talking about how they, as DMs, had similar problems in earlier editions when they described damage as being incredibly severe, and yet the recipient kept on fighting. Second, they talked about how you, as a DM, can and should adjust your damage descriptions based on how you expect the PC to be healed. If you know a cleric's going to heal the character, you might have them impaled by the hobgoblin. But if the healing is going to come from a warlord, you might want them to get their bell wrung, and be able to shake off the worst of it with some encouragement to get back into the fight. They also kept joking about the issue for the rest of the podcast. The best line was, when discussing a poison dart trap: "The poison dart RIPS RIGHT THROUGH YOUR EYE SOCKET! TWO DAMAGE! MUHAHA!" [/QUOTE]

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