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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 5434135" data-attributes="member: 42582">Like I've posted upthread, I think that this criticism of healing surges is focused on a pretty minor element of the 4e rules, namely, the extended rest rules. The problem - if one regards it as such - can easily be resolved with very little mechanical impact upon 4e - simply reduce the rate of healing surge recovery. (One surge per day will make healing take between one and two weeks for most PCs. That would come close to emulating 3E natural healing rates, I think.)The mechanically significant function of healing surges, and the powers that revolve around them, is to make the recovery of hit points during combat (i) important, and (ii) tactically engaging. Removing healing surges altogether would have a huge impact on this part of the game. But the rules that govern their expenditure during combat are quite separate from the rule that governs their recovery by resting. The latter rule plays an obvious role in determining adventure pacing, but that's about it. If you want to change the pacing, you can change that rule, and the rest of the game will remain unaffected.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 5434135, member: 42582"] Like I've posted upthread, I think that this criticism of healing surges is focused on a pretty minor element of the 4e rules, namely, the extended rest rules. The problem - if one regards it as such - can easily be resolved with very little mechanical impact upon 4e - simply reduce the rate of healing surge recovery. (One surge per day will make healing take between one and two weeks for most PCs. That would come close to emulating 3E natural healing rates, I think.) The mechanically significant function of healing surges, and the powers that revolve around them, is to make the recovery of hit points during combat (i) important, and (ii) tactically engaging. Removing healing surges altogether would have a [I]huge[/I] impact on this part of the game. But the rules that govern their expenditure during combat are quite separate from the rule that governs their recovery by resting. The latter rule plays an obvious role in determining adventure pacing, but that's about it. If you want to change the pacing, you can change that rule, and the rest of the game will remain unaffected. [/QUOTE]

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