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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 5707866" data-attributes="member: 22779">That's one HELL of a fast acting infection to drop me moments after the initial wounding.The reason for the 2 week time limit was based on the original thread where the example came up.So, basically, we're stuck with "As long as some time passes I'm okay" vs "As long as one day passes, I'm okay".My point is that because both time periods are ridiculous, who cares?  If you can narrate complete healing from these wounds in a matter of days, why does it suddenly break your disbelief to do it in a day?------Thank you Herremann for actually stepping up instead of just whining that the challenge is rigged.  Apparently it's too difficult for other people to actually provide examples to back up their claims.  <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/rant.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rant:" title="Rant    :rant:" data-shortname=":rant:" />/edit - missed the "pool of blood" part the first time around.  Sigh, must learn to read more carefully.  I suppose it really depends on how big your pool is. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />  The dead guy, sure, he's swimming in it.  The guy who's not dead?  Well, that pool has a pretty limited size no matter what, otherwise he'd just be dead.Well, since your description is pretty vague, there's nothing saying that the character couldn't recover very quickly.  After all, head wounds do bleed rather a lot, even relatively minor ones.  The Warlord shouts at the wounded character, he wakes up from being knocked unconcious and discovers that his wounds are not quite as bad as they looked.  After all, there's nothing specifically saying that the character is seriously wounded, other than a lot of blood.I would say that this narration would work perfectly well in 3e or 4e.Now, as to the point whether the presence of magical healing makes for a wider narrative space, that I would likely agree with.  It's not so much the healing surges or 4e hp mechanics, it's that in 3e, the only way you heal (by and large) is through magic.  It's pretty rare for natural healing to play much of a role, so, go nuts.  That's an argument I'll buy.</blockquote>

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