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<blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 9462526" data-attributes="member: 710">I think&nbsp; that isn't as good as answer as you might think. If you can't heal in combat, at least with an ablative hit point system, is that you know that you still can take X hits before you're in real danger. So there isn't a lack of tension until the very end, where suddenly you might be dead after the next hit. But before that, you were doing all the same things, and there isn't really that much variety and as much tension. Especially if you're playing a class that otherwise has none or very little other limited resources they can spend (like most spellcasters).Kinda like those boring type of superhero fights were indestructable superhero is fighting invulnerable supervillain until at some point the script writers said we've seen enough SFX and one guy gets the knockout shot.In-combat meaning heals you have tight situations mid-combat, where you have to decide between your usual offensive options or doing something to restore someone's hit points so they can stay active longer. You might need to reposition, not use your favorite attacks, delay your action for a better opportunity. The tension rises and falls several times during battle, rather than only sharply at the end.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mustrum_Ridcully, post: 9462526, member: 710"] I think that isn't as good as answer as you might think. If you can't heal in combat, at least with an ablative hit point system, is that you know that you still can take X hits before you're in real danger. So there isn't a lack of tension until the very end, where suddenly you might be dead after the next hit. But before that, you were doing all the same things, and there isn't really that much variety and as much tension. Especially if you're playing a class that otherwise has none or very little other limited resources they can spend (like most spellcasters). Kinda like those boring type of superhero fights were indestructable superhero is fighting invulnerable supervillain until at some point the script writers said we've seen enough SFX and one guy gets the knockout shot. In-combat meaning heals you have tight situations mid-combat, where you have to decide between your usual offensive options or doing something to restore someone's hit points so they can stay active longer. You might need to reposition, not use your favorite attacks, delay your action for a better opportunity. The tension rises and falls several times during battle, rather than only sharply at the end. [/QUOTE]

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