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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Retros_x" data-source="post: 9785881" data-attributes="member: 7033171">I think drinking a potion using an action was like that because potions were never really intented to drink in battle. In general I feel mid-battle healing is not really an efficient use and in most situations its better to finish the encounter early and only heal if necessary (when rolling death saves). The main benefit of healing with potions or spells was healing without resting. But that assumes a game where rests and resources matter aka a game that enforces the famous adventuring day aka a game that is most perfectly captured in ... a dungeon. But modern D&D often plays very differently with less combat encounters that are more impactful though. In this gamestyle out-of-combat healing besides resting becomes irrelevant because most games only have 1-2 encounters before a rest. I think it makes sense that they buffed drinking potions (maybe they buffed healing spells too, I don't know for sure), to make them not completely irrelevant in these kind of games.</blockquote>