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<blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 4455145" data-attributes="member: 710"><p>Healing Surges, Encounters, Dailies, they all represent the energy source that heroes in novels, movies and TV shows tap in to do there awesome stunts, and to keep going after being beaten up, stabbed, shot, wounded or tortured to death and being reanimated by modern medicine. </p><p></p><p>n Torg, this energy source is "possibility energy". Of the many realities (possibilities) that could come true when you're enemy swings a sword at you (you are beheaded, you take a wound, he misses), only one can come true, as guaranteed by the Everlaw of One. And heroes have the power - subconciously maybe, but nevertheless the power - to manipulate the possibilities so that the less likely but more favorable come true. </p><p></p><p>The entire spectrum of James Bond, Jack Bauer, Neo, John McClane, the Spartans, Boromir, Conan, Ripley, Sarah Connor, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Indiana Jones any Jackie Chan or Jet-Li character uses this energy source.</p><p>But how it looks like or how it is explained - that can be anything. </p><p>Neo has his skills because he's in the Matrix. McClane has it because of superior determination and toughness. A Wuxia Fighter might use a kind of magic.</p><p></p><p>And so it also works for PCs.</p><p>A Cleric using a Second Wind - he might utter a short prayer that mends his worst wounds and stops the bleeding. A Fighter using his Second Wind might just grew a little angrier. An Elf near 0 hit points might look pretty normal, except a little sweat on his face and his hair gone a little chaotic, while a human might be covered in blood, an arrow in his left arm (don't worry, the armor took most of the force). </p><p></p><p>A Fighter dropping a Minion might look very close to him using a final Brutal Strike on the big evil guy - bone-breaking, blood splattering, brutal, and swift. </p><p></p><p>The only difference between D&D 4 and fiction? Fiction often limits itself to one "energy source". D&D 4 has several power sources which you can use to guide your flavor. But that's because most fiction doesn't cover spellcasters, miracle-working priests and martial artists in one story.</p><p></p><p>I</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mustrum_Ridcully, post: 4455145, member: 710"] Healing Surges, Encounters, Dailies, they all represent the energy source that heroes in novels, movies and TV shows tap in to do there awesome stunts, and to keep going after being beaten up, stabbed, shot, wounded or tortured to death and being reanimated by modern medicine. n Torg, this energy source is "possibility energy". Of the many realities (possibilities) that could come true when you're enemy swings a sword at you (you are beheaded, you take a wound, he misses), only one can come true, as guaranteed by the Everlaw of One. And heroes have the power - subconciously maybe, but nevertheless the power - to manipulate the possibilities so that the less likely but more favorable come true. The entire spectrum of James Bond, Jack Bauer, Neo, John McClane, the Spartans, Boromir, Conan, Ripley, Sarah Connor, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Indiana Jones any Jackie Chan or Jet-Li character uses this energy source. But how it looks like or how it is explained - that can be anything. Neo has his skills because he's in the Matrix. McClane has it because of superior determination and toughness. A Wuxia Fighter might use a kind of magic. And so it also works for PCs. A Cleric using a Second Wind - he might utter a short prayer that mends his worst wounds and stops the bleeding. A Fighter using his Second Wind might just grew a little angrier. An Elf near 0 hit points might look pretty normal, except a little sweat on his face and his hair gone a little chaotic, while a human might be covered in blood, an arrow in his left arm (don't worry, the armor took most of the force). A Fighter dropping a Minion might look very close to him using a final Brutal Strike on the big evil guy - bone-breaking, blood splattering, brutal, and swift. The only difference between D&D 4 and fiction? Fiction often limits itself to one "energy source". D&D 4 has several power sources which you can use to guide your flavor. But that's because most fiction doesn't cover spellcasters, miracle-working priests and martial artists in one story. I [/QUOTE]
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