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<blockquote data-quote="Fate Lawson" data-source="post: 4320832" data-attributes="member: 16256">[RANT]Every time I see one of these threads I wonder what happened to the idea of being theHEROES of the story.Seems as though some folks are too afraid of &quot;losing the game&quot;By Gygax's Grey Beard, you should smack 'em upside their heads with the PHB and point out the back cover.&quot;THE WORLD NEEDS HEROES&quot;Not a bunch of chicken****s that are afraid of their own shadows and cry over hangnails.[/Rant]That being said, if you need yet more rules to reenforce heroic play, perhaps you could try this as a house rule.Healing Surges and Daily's don't automatically reset after an extended rest, but rather &quot;recharge&quot; like monster abilities. If you only have one encounter between rests the recharge is on a&nbsp; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/5.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":5:" title="Five&nbsp; &nbsp; :5:" data-shortname=":5:" />&nbsp; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/6.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":6:" title="Six&nbsp; &nbsp; :6:" data-shortname=":6:" /> 2 encounters&nbsp; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/3.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":3:" title="Three&nbsp; &nbsp; :3:" data-shortname=":3:" />&nbsp; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/4.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":4:" title="Four&nbsp; &nbsp; :4:" data-shortname=":4:" />&nbsp; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/5.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":5:" title="Five&nbsp; &nbsp; :5:" data-shortname=":5:" />&nbsp; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/6.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":6:" title="Six&nbsp; &nbsp; :6:" data-shortname=":6:" /> 3 Encounters&nbsp; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/1.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":1:" title="One&nbsp; &nbsp; :1:" data-shortname=":1:" />&nbsp; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/2.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":2:" title="Two&nbsp; &nbsp; :2:" data-shortname=":2:" />&nbsp; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/3.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":3:" title="Three&nbsp; &nbsp; :3:" data-shortname=":3:" />&nbsp; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/4.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":4:" title="Four&nbsp; &nbsp; :4:" data-shortname=":4:" />&nbsp; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/5.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":5:" title="Five&nbsp; &nbsp; :5:" data-shortname=":5:" />&nbsp; <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/6.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":6:" title="Six&nbsp; &nbsp; :6:" data-shortname=":6:" />Then again, if you can't do it by adding rules, maybe you should just start having the story proceed without the characters. Maybe a group of actual heroes is on the same adventure. While your players are sitting on their duffs, the real adventurers are defeating the Bad Guys and reaping the rewards. So when your players get to the encounters all they find is dead monsters and empty chests. Then when they return to town the can witness those other guys being feted and getting the wine, women and songs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fate Lawson, post: 4320832, member: 16256"] [RANT] Every time I see one of these threads I wonder what happened to the idea of being the [SIZE=3][B]HEROES[/B] [/SIZE] of the story. Seems as though some folks are too afraid of "losing the game" By Gygax's Grey Beard, you should smack 'em upside their heads with the PHB and point out the back cover. [SIZE=5][B]"THE WORLD NEEDS HEROES"[/B][/SIZE] Not a bunch of chicken****s that are afraid of their own shadows and cry over hangnails. [/Rant] That being said, if you need yet more rules to reenforce heroic play, perhaps you could try this as a house rule. Healing Surges and Daily's don't automatically reset after an extended rest, but rather "recharge" like monster abilities. If you only have one encounter between rests the recharge is on a :5: :6: 2 encounters :3: :4: :5: :6: 3 Encounters :1: :2: :3: :4: :5: :6: Then again, if you can't do it by adding rules, maybe you should just start having the story proceed without the characters. Maybe a group of actual heroes is on the same adventure. While your players are sitting on their duffs, the real adventurers are defeating the Bad Guys and reaping the rewards. So when your players get to the encounters all they find is dead monsters and empty chests. Then when they return to town the can witness those other guys being feted and getting the wine, women and songs. [/QUOTE]

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