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Originally Posted by evileeyore
I've never once seen this in play... so... I suspect your mileage is greatly varying to mine.
Again, I have no idea where this is coming from. Are you actually seeing this in play?
Is your group really so lavish with the potions that they can't wait a few minutes for the Cleric to get around to slapping a heal on them? Or is your group pushing forward so hard that time (both post battle resting and taking a night to 'cool-down' the timers on heal) is itself more precious than the money spent on potions?
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It's not that they are pressed for time. It's more that the casting penalties for repeated spells make the PCs nervous about getting injured again. So we either go to the '1-encounter adventuring day', which was bad enough to avoid in Pathfinder and 4e, or we stock up on potions. No one wants to retreat out of the dungeon because someone got badly mauled on one unlucky hit, but no one wants to be the guy who gets a second unlucky hit, when there's nothing you can do about it.
I haven't played enough DF or DFRPG to see whether it's a big problem or not, but reading some of the blogs, it seems like a lot of potion use is really common, not retreating and resting overnight to "reset the Cleric". Potions seem like a mechanically
viable solution, but I'm curious as to what that design decision
added to the game.
In old-school D&D, the wizard AND the cleric both had spells limited per day. Here, all spells are limited by FP (and ER) and time,
except healing spells, which are limited further. I know that it's a legacy from straight GURPS Magic, but I'm curious as to why it was preserved.
It seems odd both mechanically, and thematically.
"Hey, man. Little help?"
"Sorry. I mended your wounds from the crossbow trap. That's all I can do for you today."
"But I just got gored fighting a demon FOR YOUR CHURCH."
"And I appreciate it, but one big boo-boo a day is all the Lord will mend."
"But if I get bitten by a snake, you can cure that any number of times."
"Yeah. Snakes suck."