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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8822449" data-attributes="member: 29398">Only if the PC can't quickly recover those hit points and-or resources.&nbsp; Otherwise, it's a nothingburger.With 0e-1e-2e it was possible to whittle a character or party down a little bit at a time through ongoing attrition - a trap here, a seemingly-trivial encounter there, etc. - faster than they could recover; eventually forcing a choice between pressing on weakened or stopping for a few days to rest.&nbsp; And that's including the presence of Clerical healing - often it wasn't/isn't enough.Now, with recovery so much faster and easier, that model has largely Gone Away.&nbsp; If you can't whack them down quickly, they get (almost) everything back.The point isn't necessarily to severely damage or kill the PCs right now, it's to weaken/delay/annoy them just that little bit more such that they're easier to kill later if they keep going.&nbsp; Death by a thousand cuts.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 8822449, member: 29398"] Only if the PC can't quickly recover those hit points and-or resources. Otherwise, it's a nothingburger. With 0e-1e-2e it was possible to whittle a character or party down a little bit at a time through ongoing attrition - a trap here, a seemingly-trivial encounter there, etc. - faster than they could recover; eventually forcing a choice between pressing on weakened or stopping for a few days to rest. And that's including the presence of Clerical healing - often it wasn't/isn't enough. Now, with recovery so much faster and easier, that model has largely Gone Away. If you can't whack them down quickly, they get (almost) everything back. The point isn't necessarily to severely damage or kill the PCs [I]right now[/I], it's to weaken/delay/annoy them just that little bit more such that they're easier to kill later if they keep going. Death by a thousand cuts. [/QUOTE]

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