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<blockquote data-quote="Neonchameleon" data-source="post: 6240797" data-attributes="member: 87792">Those are all reasons 4e is the best simulation of narrative fiction that D&amp;D has ever been.&nbsp; Previous editions of D&amp;D have had fighters who didn't get tired and hit points with no shock penalty, and no recovery - and a hard threshold between 1 hit point (alive and fighting at full strength) and 0 hit points (unable to do very much and no recovery).&nbsp; Encounter powers and healing surges aren't necessarily a great simulation of either fiction or real life - but they are ridiculously closer to both than D&amp;D has ever had before.As for full healing through non-magic in a matter of minutes, that's a misunderstanding.&nbsp; There is, as far as I know, no way of fully healing an injured character in a matter of minutes without magic.&nbsp; If they are down healing surges, they are still hurt.&nbsp; But like Indiana Jones (or any other action hero), they can be bruised and battered one scene and back up and kicking the next even if they are still covered in bandages.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Neonchameleon, post: 6240797, member: 87792"] Those are all reasons 4e is the best simulation of narrative fiction that D&D has ever been. Previous editions of D&D have had fighters who didn't get tired and hit points with no shock penalty, and no recovery - and a hard threshold between 1 hit point (alive and fighting at full strength) and 0 hit points (unable to do very much and no recovery). Encounter powers and healing surges aren't necessarily a great simulation of either fiction or real life - but they are ridiculously closer to both than D&D has ever had before. As for full healing through non-magic in a matter of minutes, that's a misunderstanding. There is, as far as I know, no way of fully healing an injured character in a matter of minutes without magic. [I]If they are down healing surges, they are still hurt.[/I] But like Indiana Jones (or any other action hero), they can be bruised and battered one scene and back up and kicking the next even if they are still covered in bandages. [/QUOTE]

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