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Message: <blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 5620525" data-attributes="member: 22424">Damnit. I was hoping I was out of this thread.I can't agree with that.The 2nd/3e switch in AC was just a mathematical re-ordering. The concepts were the same, and even the mechanics were the same. It was just that the equation had been re-ordered to get rid of the subtractions. (I did maths at university, with a focus on algebra. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> )Healing surges, though, are a quite dfifferent beast. In 3e, healing is external to the character (excluding natural healing). A character generally couldn't heal himself and, furthermore, there was no limit to the amount of healing he could receive. If he had an endless supply of potions of cure light wounds, he could consume them all day.By contrast, 4e healing is internal to the character. There's no need for an external agency - the character just takes a short rest and spends some surges. Moreover, the healing is limited - once you've used up your surges for the day, that's it.That one really is radically different. Don't get me wrong; it's better. (Still not quite right, since the daily limit keeps the 15-minute adventuring day alive, but it is better.) But there's just not the same evolutionary development that you've laid out for AEDU powers.</blockquote>

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