(TFT) TFT Healing

[Peter von Kleinsmid <pvk@oz.net>]

I think TFT intentionally lacks a healing spell, and I appreciate the 
effect of having limited healing abilities. It has major effects on the 
world, and on play, which I tend to prefer to games with easy healing 
spells, which I have also played (e.g. GURPS Magic). I think too much 
healing actually removes a lot from play, such as the meaningfulness of 
major injuries, the usefulness of hireling (cough) fodder, less than 
all-or-nothing consequences of combat, the value of healing potion as an 
expensive resource, reward and expense, etc. Easy magic healing tends to 
make the consequences of risk-taking too weak and temporary for my tastes. 
It becomes harder for players to learn lessons without actually getting 
player characters completely killed, and the results of an adventure become 
much more all-or-nothing. That's sort of my perspective.
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