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<blockquote data-quote="gizmo33" data-source="post: 3755624" data-attributes="member: 30001">The day a &quot;critical or significant&quot; resource is replenished per encounter is the day that it stops being a critical or significant resource IMO.&nbsp; Fighters, *right now* have the ability to swing a sword whenever they feel like.&nbsp; That is not a calculation in anyone's decision to rest, nor is it significant in the DMs calculation of what challenges to throw at the players.&nbsp; A fighter's ability is assumed, and so then it becomes *the other* resources that are the important ones.&nbsp; Just try saying &quot;but I can still swing a sword&quot; the next time the party wants to rest.&nbsp; So what happens here?&nbsp; That hitpoints (and by extension healing magic) become the only significant resource, or do even they respawn with a moment's rest?&nbsp; If the party never feels the need to retreat, then basically all possible 4E outcomes boil down to victory or death?&nbsp; And in the event that healing magic is a &quot;per encounter&quot; ability, not having a cleric in your party is a death sentence, because the other party just shoots you full of arrows and then runs off and insta-heals while you wait for them to come back or hope you can find them before hand or kill their cleric.&nbsp; I don't like the idea of having to put a certain character class in a fighting force in order to make it credible.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gizmo33, post: 3755624, member: 30001"] The day a "critical or significant" resource is replenished per encounter is the day that it stops being a critical or significant resource IMO. Fighters, *right now* have the ability to swing a sword whenever they feel like. That is not a calculation in anyone's decision to rest, nor is it significant in the DMs calculation of what challenges to throw at the players. A fighter's ability is assumed, and so then it becomes *the other* resources that are the important ones. Just try saying "but I can still swing a sword" the next time the party wants to rest. So what happens here? That hitpoints (and by extension healing magic) become the only significant resource, or do even they respawn with a moment's rest? If the party never feels the need to retreat, then basically all possible 4E outcomes boil down to victory or death? And in the event that healing magic is a "per encounter" ability, not having a cleric in your party is a death sentence, because the other party just shoots you full of arrows and then runs off and insta-heals while you wait for them to come back or hope you can find them before hand or kill their cleric. I don't like the idea of having to put a certain character class in a fighting force in order to make it credible. [/QUOTE]

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