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<blockquote data-quote="KidSnide" data-source="post: 6254414" data-attributes="member: 54710">I have also found that in-combat healing is just less important in D&amp;DN than it was in 3e or 4e.&nbsp; My recollection of AD&amp;D and 2e was that it was common for the fighters to have enough hit points to make it through most encounters without needing healing.&nbsp; In 3e and 4e, my experience was that much more damage was dished out relative to the party hit point totals and that healers spent many more actions keeping the party on their feet.&nbsp; Particularly in 4e, monsters typically had more hp than PCs of the same level, so the party either had to be doing a lot more damage per round than the enemy or healing was an in-combat necessity.I find D&amp;DN is much closer to the AD&amp;D / 2e model.&nbsp; Yes, in combat healing is a very nice ability to have (and you still some potions or the equivalent to survive emergencies).&nbsp; But it doesn't have the same primacy that it had in 3e or 4e, at least IME.-KS</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KidSnide, post: 6254414, member: 54710"] I have also found that in-combat healing is just less important in D&DN than it was in 3e or 4e. My recollection of AD&D and 2e was that it was common for the fighters to have enough hit points to make it through most encounters without needing healing. In 3e and 4e, my experience was that much more damage was dished out relative to the party hit point totals and that healers spent many more actions keeping the party on their feet. Particularly in 4e, monsters typically had more hp than PCs of the same level, so the party either had to be doing a lot more damage per round than the enemy or healing was an in-combat necessity. I find D&DN is much closer to the AD&D / 2e model. Yes, in combat healing is a very nice ability to have (and you still some potions or the equivalent to survive emergencies). But it doesn't have the same primacy that it had in 3e or 4e, at least IME. -KS [/QUOTE]

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