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<blockquote data-quote="Laurefindel" data-source="post: 8014492" data-attributes="member: 67296">healing word is probably the main &quot;culprit&quot; for whack-a-moling. Without that specific spell, PCs don't stand back up as easily (often requires moving into reach of enemy creatures, potentially disengaging from other creatures, requires action, etc) and because other healing spells are usually more potent, PCs raise from 0hp are more likely to withstand the following hit. The whack-a-mole syndrom isn't so much about PCs recovering from 0hp, its PCs recovering from 0hp only to be downed again before their next turn, then raised once again during the cleric's turn, and so forth.Sometimes I'd like to change healing word into retreating word. When the clerics retreats out of combat, they can cast retreating word on a downed PC as a bonus action. The PCs gains 1d4+Wis hp and immediately moves out of the battlefield on the caster's turn. Fight is over for both of them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Laurefindel, post: 8014492, member: 67296"] [i]healing word[/i] is probably the main "culprit" for whack-a-moling. Without that specific spell, PCs don't stand back up as easily (often requires moving into reach of enemy creatures, potentially disengaging from other creatures, requires action, etc) and because other healing spells are usually more potent, PCs raise from 0hp are more likely to withstand the following hit. The whack-a-mole syndrom isn't so much about PCs recovering from 0hp, its PCs recovering from 0hp only to be downed again before their next turn, then raised once again during the cleric's turn, and so forth. Sometimes I'd like to change [i]healing word[/i] into [i]retreating word[/i]. When the clerics retreats out of combat, they can cast retreating word on a downed PC as a bonus action. The PCs gains 1d4+Wis hp and immediately moves out of the battlefield on the caster's turn. Fight is over for both of them. [/QUOTE]

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