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Message: <blockquote data-quote="El Mahdi" data-source="post: 6718365" data-attributes="member: 59506">I'm with you, but I include it to counter the argument that Inspirational Hit Point Recovery isn't realistic.  Granted, while that process is realistic, it's extremely rare and unlikely in real-life.  A fringe case; but D&D is all fringe cases. 90% of what D&D characters do could never be done in real-life.*Consistency with the rules and a solid basis in fictional tropes should be all that's required for acceptance.  (BTW, you made a great argument for that in your post.)  I know that including a realistic model isn't going to change a lot of minds either, but even one or two seems worth it to me.Truth is, most are not going to be convinced no matter what we say.  That's okay; but I'm going to keep countering the misconceptions, inaccuracies, and bad logic people use to make their arguments.  Sure, those that are making the arguments likely aren't going to be swayed, but they'll be left with only their own preferences as grounds to not accept it (which is their purview), and maybe my counter-arguments will convince some of the ones on the fence - those maybe just lurking and reading the arguments.  Not to mention that maybe even if it doesn't convince people, it may still lower resistance by some for inclusion.*(I'm fully aware that 87% of all statistics are just made up...it's a fact!)<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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