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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MechaPilot" data-source="post: 6468717" data-attributes="member: 82779">I can agree with you on that, though undoubtedly for different reasons.4e included proportional healing, other editions did not (meaning that other editions typically took more resources/time to heal a fighter or barbarian than it did to heal a wizard or rogue, even if the fighter was at half HPs while the wizard was at only 1 HP).4e also limited the abuse of healing magic items by tying magical healing to a limited daily resource, other editions simply limited magic item healing by the number of potions and wand charges you had left.4e also used static values for a lot of healing (surge value, the healing offered by potions, and so on), other editions didn't.  This meant you never ended up with situations where a CLW spell or healing potion only healed 2 HPs.So yeah, there's plenty of differences in the way healing is handled.  However, the rate of HP restoration between 3e and 4e isn't all that different if a group actually wants to heal up, especially given that 3e's long-term care Heal check has a DC of only 15, and that you can care for up to six patients at once.  A first level 3e cleric can often take 10 and make the Heal check (often with a one-time investment of 1-3 skill points), assuring the double recovery rate as long as supplies last.   And that's without considering any daily healing spells.Yes, that is sort of how you are coming off to me.</blockquote>

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