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<blockquote data-quote="Philip Benz" data-source="post: 8389175" data-attributes="member: 6975782">It's very true that PF2 has moved away from the economics of scarcity and detailed tracking of resources like food, torches and exhaustion. It's not that you can't play that kind of game in PF2, but more like there are so many ways to get around scarcity, added to the notion, misguided or not, that scarcity and the inventory accountancy that often accompanies it isn't all that much fun.Yes, PF2 offers many possibilities for out-of-combat healing, starting with the Medicine skill. Most groups of PF2 players will inevitably spend 10, 20, 30 minutes, maybe even an hour or more healing after a big fight, without having to expend resources like spell slots or healing potions. They quickly learn that it's best to be at full strength before facing additional encounters, and the PF2 DM is tempted to just let them - although there are also times when PCs simply don't have 10 minutes or more to rest and recover before facing a new challenge.Sure, that can run the risk of a TPK, if players don't take into account their wounded status when deciding how they will face a new challenge. Sometimes players may need to retreat or even flee from foes, if they're really not ready. That's all part of the fun, IMHO.Then again, these days there are dozens (or more) of competing RPGs, some of which might be better suited to handle scenarios designed around scarcity and resource management. Nothing wrong with that. And you could do that with PF2, but it's true you'd be fighting against core PF2 design paradigms all the way.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Philip Benz, post: 8389175, member: 6975782"] It's very true that PF2 has moved away from the economics of scarcity and detailed tracking of resources like food, torches and exhaustion. It's not that you [I]can't[/I] play that kind of game in PF2, but more like there are so many ways to get around scarcity, added to the notion, misguided or not, that scarcity and the inventory accountancy that often accompanies it isn't all that much fun. Yes, PF2 offers many possibilities for out-of-combat healing, starting with the Medicine skill. Most groups of PF2 players will inevitably spend 10, 20, 30 minutes, maybe even an hour or more healing after a big fight, without having to expend resources like spell slots or healing potions. They quickly learn that it's best to be at full strength before facing additional encounters, and the PF2 DM is tempted to just let them - although there are also times when PCs simply don't have 10 minutes or more to rest and recover before facing a new challenge. Sure, that can run the risk of a TPK, if players don't take into account their wounded status when deciding how they will face a new challenge. Sometimes players may need to retreat or even flee from foes, if they're really not ready. That's all part of the fun, IMHO. Then again, these days there are dozens (or more) of competing RPGs, some of which might be better suited to handle scenarios designed around scarcity and resource management. Nothing wrong with that. And you [I]could[/I] do that with PF2, but it's true you'd be fighting against core PF2 design paradigms all the way. [/QUOTE]

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