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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 5936254" data-attributes="member: 22779">But, that's the thing.&nbsp; Not all hit points are physical.&nbsp; We all agree with that.&nbsp; A warlord shouting at you to get up doesn't restore all your hit points.&nbsp; In fact, he restores NONE of your hit points.&nbsp; All he does is allow you to spend a healing surge.&nbsp; In point of fact, your total hit points have not changed one whit.&nbsp; However, instead of potentially dying (from a wound that can NEVER be specified in any edition because of unrealistic healing rates), you fight through and get back up.Just like in a bajillion examples of genre fiction.But, that's the point.&nbsp; Why is one night so bad when three nights is fine?&nbsp; Again, I'm not seeing the issue here.&nbsp; Ok.&nbsp; That's such an incredibly easy fix, I don't even know why you'd need a module.&nbsp; &quot;You regain X Healing Surges per night of rest&quot;&nbsp; Set X to whatever you feel is fine, and off you go.Does this really need a whole new module?/edit to addI'd say that most of the time, when we narrate hits, it's usually the blood and guts variety.&nbsp; Although, it has always been pretty non-specific.&nbsp; Your character gets tagged for 15 points of damage.&nbsp; &quot;Oof, that hurt&quot; is a pretty common response.But, on the other hand, we simply don't think about it after that.&nbsp; We don't track things to this detail.&nbsp; I took X number of hits during the day - well, I have no idea how many times my character was hit.&nbsp; Nor do I really care.&nbsp; Cleric less healing is a VERY good thing for the game.&nbsp; I mean, if you want all healing to be magical, go ahead.&nbsp; It's not exactly difficult.&nbsp; I don't.&nbsp; I want the more &quot;action story&quot; vibe going.&nbsp; Which means that my damaged character shakes it off the next day and moves on.If I want longer lasting wounds, I've got the disease track sitting right there, begging to be used.&nbsp; Works ten thousand times better than trying to shoehorn HP into something resembling a believable narrative.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 5936254, member: 22779"] But, that's the thing. Not all hit points are physical. We all agree with that. A warlord shouting at you to get up doesn't restore all your hit points. In fact, he restores NONE of your hit points. All he does is allow you to spend a healing surge. In point of fact, your total hit points have not changed one whit. However, instead of potentially dying (from a wound that can NEVER be specified in any edition because of unrealistic healing rates), you fight through and get back up. Just like in a bajillion examples of genre fiction. But, that's the point. Why is one night so bad when three nights is fine? Again, I'm not seeing the issue here. Ok. That's such an incredibly easy fix, I don't even know why you'd need a module. "You regain X Healing Surges per night of rest" Set X to whatever you feel is fine, and off you go. Does this really need a whole new module? /edit to add I'd say that most of the time, when we narrate hits, it's usually the blood and guts variety. Although, it has always been pretty non-specific. Your character gets tagged for 15 points of damage. "Oof, that hurt" is a pretty common response. But, on the other hand, we simply don't think about it after that. We don't track things to this detail. I took X number of hits during the day - well, I have no idea how many times my character was hit. Nor do I really care. Cleric less healing is a VERY good thing for the game. I mean, if you want all healing to be magical, go ahead. It's not exactly difficult. I don't. I want the more "action story" vibe going. Which means that my damaged character shakes it off the next day and moves on. If I want longer lasting wounds, I've got the disease track sitting right there, begging to be used. Works ten thousand times better than trying to shoehorn HP into something resembling a believable narrative. [/QUOTE]

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