Agreed.
> >No first aid either?
>
> Sometimes there's just no time. No, it's not that
> we're playing "round to
> round" D&D style combat, but simply that the way the
> narration works, there's no time to "heal."
Yep. Heroes get put under pressure. And in RQ-Glorantha everyone and their alynx may have had healing magic, but not in HQ.
> The best example, and Jane can attest to
> this, was Kerstin's
> character having gotten concussed earlier in the
> day, having failed to heal
> it with coffee, then getting banged up in some
> fights, then losing an arm
> and an eye in a heroquest, and then having run
> around all day using her
> spirits having gotten exhausted from it, and having
> something like a total
> -30% -2 cumulative penalty on an action where she
> dropped a piece of masonry
> on a giant Tentacle/Clam/Wizard monster (and
> managing to trap it, as it happens).
It was dramatic, and impressive. And she kept making decisions about "do I go on despite this, or do I leave <dependent> in deep trouble?"
> Just checked the FAQ, and it's not in there. I'm
> surprised we haven't heard
> from Rory on this one (no, that's not a challenge,
> just an observation).
He's gone silent in a private conversation, too - generating a new PC to join in with Swords. I hope everything's OK - anyone know?
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