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<blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 4630781" data-attributes="member: 18280">Not in tow, no, but I am pretty sure that I can find examples of Conan either (1) using magic healing, or (2) having to rest more than six hours.&nbsp; I know that longer rests are part &amp; parcel of several REH stories, if not Conan stories in particular.ERB has John Carter use green martian salves which promote fast healing, because he wanted John Carter to heal quickly but didn't want it to seem as though he could just take a nap and be okay after multiple cuts &amp; abrasions.&nbsp; I can find cases where ERB has Tarzan rest up to recover from injuries, too.Certainly, both resting and &quot;magical&quot; help aids in healing in LotR, whether the salves &amp; drink of the orcs, the drinks of the elves, and/or resting in Rivendell and Lothlorien.&nbsp; When Faramir is injured, or Eowyn, or Merry, they don't spring up six hours later fully recovered -- instead they end up in the Houses of Healing in Gondor.I could, quite easily, go on.&nbsp;&nbsp; Gary Gygax didn't invent magical/extraordinary healing, he took it from various sources that were far, far older.&nbsp; Needing to rest up and heal from injuries is at least as old as The Odyssey.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />RC</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Raven Crowking, post: 4630781, member: 18280"] Not in tow, no, but I am pretty sure that I can find examples of Conan either (1) using magic healing, or (2) having to rest more than six hours. I know that longer rests are part & parcel of several REH stories, if not Conan stories in particular. ERB has John Carter use green martian salves which promote fast healing, because he wanted John Carter to heal quickly but didn't want it to seem as though he could just take a nap and be okay after multiple cuts & abrasions. I can find cases where ERB has Tarzan rest up to recover from injuries, too. Certainly, both resting and "magical" help aids in healing in LotR, whether the salves & drink of the orcs, the drinks of the elves, and/or resting in Rivendell and Lothlorien. When Faramir is injured, or Eowyn, or Merry, they don't spring up six hours later fully recovered -- instead they end up in the Houses of Healing in Gondor. I could, quite easily, go on. Gary Gygax didn't invent magical/extraordinary healing, he took it from various sources that were far, far older. Needing to rest up and heal from injuries is at least as old as The Odyssey. ;) RC [/QUOTE]

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