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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ferratus" data-source="post: 5609984" data-attributes="member: 55966">I know it is how it makes you feel.  However, it is still the fact that the standard for recharging powers and health in videogames wasn't the standard until very recently, and it was an innovation that came about for the exact reason I stated.  Getting stuck without resources, when it is impossible to succeed or retreat without resources, sucks.  It was not an innovation that came about because of the limitation of electronic media.If you were to say that you find a particular actress to be quintessential blonde bombshell, and I point out that for most of her career she was a brunette, then it is alright for me to point out that she got a dye job, even if it shatters your perception of her.As for holding things in reserve, it is often easier said than done.  Dice can be unpredictable, and your cleric can be polymorphed into a duck.  I imagine we can play at the same table with a wand of cure light wounds but I care little whether the arbitrary limit on how often cure light wounds can be cast resides in a wand or in the PC himself.Healing surges are just charges after all.  I do however slightly begrudge making having a wand of healing surges for a 5th level party to be an essential part of a dungeoneer's kit more than I begrudge healing surges.Why do I like healing surges?  1) It encourages people to preserve their own healing resources rather than the reckless barbarian and the lightly armored rogue devouring all the spell slots of the cleric.  This makes for smarter play rather than laying the responsibility on the cleric alone.  Plus, having all the healing in the cleric reminds me of the Medic in TF2 following everyone around with his healing gun, if you want to draw a videogame analogy.2) It allows for the feeling of getting tired over the course of several combats for everyone, rather than only retreating because you run out of spells.  It is the best mechanic for simulating exhaustion over several fights that I have seen.</blockquote>

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