Honestly, when I heard that, I cheered with glee. It might actually get me interested in Realms again. Any campaign setting where the PCs aren't the
focal point failed imo.
Forgive me, but that is incredibly self-centered. "It's not interesting unless the PCs are the only heroes"? Why not broaden
it a little -- "It's not interesting unless the PCs always win, and defeat is never a real possibility?"
Can Be Used In Combat. Thats the reason they exist.
Um ... so?
The book even states that healing potions "are not as effective as the healing powers of a cleric or warlord". This represents a major gutting of
their abilities from 3rd edition levels, where a potion of cure light wounds was that spell in a bottle, literally.
Furthermore, the fact that drinking a potion requires you to use up one of your own healing surges more than balances the fact that drinking it is a minor
action. (The fact that it's only a minor action makes me think that these potions are about the size of shot glasses, but that's a separate complaint.)
Consider the following scenario.
Wounded in combat, you decide to have your fighter drink a healing potion, and in so doing you use up your last healing surge.
Across the table, Ted, the guy playing the party's cleric, drops his jaw on hearing this. "Oh, nice going, ," Ted says.
"I was gonna heal you as my action this round, but since you don't have any healing surges left, I can't do that, now can I? You've messed up
my whole plan of action. Nice going."
"Wait a minute," says the warlock Ken, who's sitting beside you. "You were going to heal him? What about me?"
"You're a striker, he's the tank, figure it out," replies Ted.
"Did that night mean nothing to you?" cries Ken.
"It's kind of annoying hearing you explicitly using metagame thinking like that," mutters Chris the DM.
"I gave you my innocence! I gave you my childhood!" Ken says through muffled sobs. "And you don't care!"
"He's the taaaaank," Ted says, exasperated that he has to explain this again.
Ken draws a gun and shoots Ted in the head, before drinking poison. Your poor strategic decision-making has resulted in two deaths, and the DM will probably be
sued for wrongful death. I hope you're satisfied with yourself, .
Chris Davies.
focal point failed imo.
Forgive me, but that is incredibly self-centered. "It's not interesting unless the PCs are the only heroes"? Why not broaden
it a little -- "It's not interesting unless the PCs always win, and defeat is never a real possibility?"
Can Be Used In Combat. Thats the reason they exist.
Um ... so?
The book even states that healing potions "are not as effective as the healing powers of a cleric or warlord". This represents a major gutting of
their abilities from 3rd edition levels, where a potion of cure light wounds was that spell in a bottle, literally.
Furthermore, the fact that drinking a potion requires you to use up one of your own healing surges more than balances the fact that drinking it is a minor
action. (The fact that it's only a minor action makes me think that these potions are about the size of shot glasses, but that's a separate complaint.)
Consider the following scenario.
Wounded in combat, you decide to have your fighter drink a healing potion, and in so doing you use up your last healing surge.
Across the table, Ted, the guy playing the party's cleric, drops his jaw on hearing this. "Oh, nice going, ," Ted says.
"I was gonna heal you as my action this round, but since you don't have any healing surges left, I can't do that, now can I? You've messed up
my whole plan of action. Nice going."
"Wait a minute," says the warlock Ken, who's sitting beside you. "You were going to heal him? What about me?"
"You're a striker, he's the tank, figure it out," replies Ted.
"Did that night mean nothing to you?" cries Ken.
"It's kind of annoying hearing you explicitly using metagame thinking like that," mutters Chris the DM.
"I gave you my innocence! I gave you my childhood!" Ken says through muffled sobs. "And you don't care!"
"He's the taaaaank," Ted says, exasperated that he has to explain this again.
Ken draws a gun and shoots Ted in the head, before drinking poison. Your poor strategic decision-making has resulted in two deaths, and the DM will probably be
sued for wrongful death. I hope you're satisfied with yourself, .
Chris Davies.