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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 6128255" data-attributes="member: 19675">Its a chicken and egg problem, to a certain extent.I wasn't in the room with the designers when the idea of HS first originated, or the idea of the NPC abilities that, even at low levels, could cause PCs to need huge amounts of HPs, so I don't know which popped up first.  But now they are inextricably linked.  To use your analogy, its like designing a car with a 50g tank, then intentionally placing cities 2000 miles apart.And you have missed that part of my complaint about HSes and HP is that they have radically changed the way certain classes play.  For 30+ years, the Ranger was a damn tough dude.  The Warlock's initial incarnation was physically tougher than most arcanists, but not a beefcake.  But in 4Ed, as I have pointed out, there are Con-based casters who are flat out tougher than Rangers, and that really feels wrong. Its a distortion that shouldn't be.Lastly, no, your proposed change would not be more to my liking.  For one thing, it still means magical healing works better on certain PCs than on others, just by virtue of the PCs class (and possibly race).</blockquote>