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<blockquote data-quote="Red Castle" data-source="post: 9217999" data-attributes="member: 7040765">I really loved how the value of healing surge was 25% of the character health and that the number of surges varied depending on roles, it reinforced the different durability of each class, more than just the number of HP.For exemple, in my current campaign where the characters are level 4, there is one swordmage with 17 constitution, which give her 50 HP and 11 surges, and a ranger with 8 constitution, which give him 35 HP and 5 surges.Now, if you take only the HP difference, it doesn’t look like the swordmage is that much more resiliant and you could wonder why it’s so important that she takes the hit instead of the ranger… after all, they only have 15 HP different. But the surge value is also different, the swordmage have a surge value of 12 while the ranger has only 8 HP… so healing the swordmage will gives you more bang for your bucks since it will technically heal 4 HP more.But it doesn’t stop there. Since the swordmage has 11 Healing Surge, it means that ahe can potencially heal a total of 132 HP which gives her a potencial total of 182 before needing to take a long rest. Meanwhile, the ranger with 5 surge of 8 HP will gives him a potencially healing of 40 HP, for a maximum of 75 HP. So the swordmage has a potencial of almost 2.5 more HP than the ranger.Granted, this exemple is with an extreme of a 17 const defender compared to a 8 const striker, but still, it shows the tactical value of working so that it is the swordmage that needs to take most of the hit… which is her job and what the game encourage you to do.Love it!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Red Castle, post: 9217999, member: 7040765"] I really loved how the value of healing surge was 25% of the character health and that the number of surges varied depending on roles, it reinforced the different durability of each class, more than just the number of HP. For exemple, in my current campaign where the characters are level 4, there is one swordmage with 17 constitution, which give her 50 HP and 11 surges, and a ranger with 8 constitution, which give him 35 HP and 5 surges. Now, if you take only the HP difference, it doesn’t look like the swordmage is that much more resiliant and you could wonder why it’s so important that she takes the hit instead of the ranger… after all, they only have 15 HP different. But the surge value is also different, the swordmage have a surge value of 12 while the ranger has only 8 HP… so healing the swordmage will gives you more bang for your bucks since it will technically heal 4 HP more. But it doesn’t stop there. Since the swordmage has 11 Healing Surge, it means that ahe can potencially heal a total of 132 HP which gives her a potencial total of 182 before needing to take a long rest. Meanwhile, the ranger with 5 surge of 8 HP will gives him a potencially healing of 40 HP, for a maximum of 75 HP. So the swordmage has a potencial of almost 2.5 more HP than the ranger. Granted, this exemple is with an extreme of a 17 const defender compared to a 8 const striker, but still, it shows the tactical value of working so that it is the swordmage that needs to take most of the hit… which is her job and what the game encourage you to do. Love it! [/QUOTE]

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