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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 4975411" data-attributes="member: 82106">The whole reason it says the character doesn't have to spend an action is BECAUSE the whole thing would be worthless if he did. Furthermore its not on his turn, so what exactly type of action would it be? Note that the rules DO have a term for this, its called a &quot;No Action&quot; and you'll actually find a few item powers which are designed to trigger after a character is unconscious or even dead that specifically have this as their action requirement. Since the First Aid options aren't written up as powers they don't specifically call it out that way but that's essentially what it is. Beyond that since when does the target of a power EVER have to spend an action as part of it anyway? Healing Word doesn't require the target to spend an action of any kind to get the benefit, so its not like First Aid is unique, it just looks different because its a task using a skill instead of an explicit power.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 4975411, member: 82106"] The whole reason it says the character doesn't have to spend an action is BECAUSE the whole thing would be worthless if he did. Furthermore its not on his turn, so what exactly type of action would it be? Note that the rules DO have a term for this, its called a "No Action" and you'll actually find a few item powers which are designed to trigger after a character is unconscious or even dead that specifically have this as their action requirement. Since the First Aid options aren't written up as powers they don't specifically call it out that way but that's essentially what it is. Beyond that since when does the target of a power EVER have to spend an action as part of it anyway? Healing Word doesn't require the target to spend an action of any kind to get the benefit, so its not like First Aid is unique, it just looks different because its a task using a skill instead of an explicit power. [/QUOTE]

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