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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 6093173" data-attributes="member: 42582">As [MENTION=27160]Balesir[/MENTION] mentioned, this completely disregards that action economy dimension, which at least in 4e is extremely significant.Action points are a quasi-encounter resource in 4e.I have two responses to this.First, I've run a lot of 4e combat and second wind usage is highly variable. Even when a PC is low on hit points, the player might decide to use the standard action to attack rather than heal, hoping to take out the enemy or to receive minor action healing from another pC.Second, if you're running combats that don't generate enough pressure to make players consider using their incombat healing resources (whatever those might be), those combats aren't going to become more exciting just by taking away those incombat healing resources. A combat where the stakes are 20 hp out of 100 is a combat where the stakes are 20 hp out of 100, whether or not I have the capability to regain some hit points if I feel I'm getting a bit low on them!</blockquote>