Fast Healing Rules [Archive] - Wizards Community

Fast Healing Rules [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Jopustopin
10-30-07, 11:17 PM I'm confused about Fast Healing. For example, Fast Healing 1 as stated in several books causes you to gain one HP per round. But then it goes on to say it's like natural healing except where noted here. Natural healing says you gain 1 HP (per character level) per night. So far so good. But then it adds that if there is any significant interruption (such as combat) then you do not gain the HP. Which I interpreted as meaning you have fast healing 1, and gain one hp per round. Unless you do anything significant in that round. I read somewhere on the boards saying that the Dragon Shamans fast healing aura didn't work in combat and I figured it was because of doing something significant. Now I found the Combat Vigor feat in the PHBII. This allows you to have fast healing 2 while in your combat focus, which you can only attain in combat.

In general, does fast healing heal you no matter what. Having fast healing 1, will bring a character back from -9 after getting burned with a fire ball. (like the dragon shaman's aura) It'll heal everyone constently even while engaged in a war?
calronmoonflower
10-31-07, 02:35 AM In general, does fast healing heal you no matter what. Having fast healing 1, will bring a character back from -9 after getting burned with a fire ball. (like the dragon shaman's aura) It'll heal everyone constently even while engaged in a war?

Page 309 of the Monster Manuel spells out how fast healing works. It does so just fine in combat, unless some how you are prevented from natural healing. That is because the rate is restated, but without an exception.

As far as I know natural healing stops at -1 hp and is replaced by a chance to gain or lose 1 hp per day. That would mean that fast healing would stop at -1 hp.
CrimsonDeath
10-31-07, 02:43 AM Most of the creatures I've seen with Fast Healing say "As long as [this creature] has at least 1 HP..." in the Fast Healing entry. This includes both living and undead creatures that I've paid attention to.
eamon
10-31-07, 01:15 PM Indeed, though it should certainly have been more clearly spelled out: Fast healing heals even in combat, and is only prevented by effects which prevent natural healing such as (in the Eberron campaign setting) the Mournland, or being below 0 hitpoints.

It's not very well defined, and your interpretation that "significant interruptions" pose a problem just proves that. However, for playability, you'd probably better allow fast healing in combat - it's pretty clearly what the intent is, based on all the "fast healing" monsters' flavor texts.

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Jopustopin 10-30-07, 11:17 PM	I'm confused about Fast Healing. For example, Fast Healing 1 as stated in several books causes you to gain one HP per round. But then it goes on to say it's like natural healing except where noted here. Natural healing says you gain 1 HP (per character level) per night. So far so good. But then it adds that if there is any significant interruption (such as combat) then you do not gain the HP. Which I interpreted as meaning you have fast healing 1, and gain one hp per round. Unless you do anything significant in that round. I read somewhere on the boards saying that the Dragon Shamans fast healing aura didn't work in combat and I figured it was because of doing something significant. Now I found the Combat Vigor feat in the PHBII. This allows you to have fast healing 2 while in your combat focus, which you can only attain in combat. In general, does fast healing heal you no matter what. Having fast healing 1, will bring a character back from -9 after getting burned with a fire ball. (like the dragon shaman's aura) It'll heal everyone constently even while engaged in a war?
calronmoonflower 10-31-07, 02:35 AM	In general, does fast healing heal you no matter what. Having fast healing 1, will bring a character back from -9 after getting burned with a fire ball. (like the dragon shaman's aura) It'll heal everyone constently even while engaged in a war? Page 309 of the Monster Manuel spells out how fast healing works. It does so just fine in combat, unless some how you are prevented from natural healing. That is because the rate is restated, but without an exception. As far as I know natural healing stops at -1 hp and is replaced by a chance to gain or lose 1 hp per day. That would mean that fast healing would stop at -1 hp.
CrimsonDeath 10-31-07, 02:43 AM	Most of the creatures I've seen with Fast Healing say "As long as [this creature] has at least 1 HP..." in the Fast Healing entry. This includes both living and undead creatures that I've paid attention to.
eamon 10-31-07, 01:15 PM	Indeed, though it should certainly have been more clearly spelled out: Fast healing heals even in combat, and is only prevented by effects which prevent natural healing such as (in the Eberron campaign setting) the Mournland, or being below 0 hitpoints. It's not very well defined, and your interpretation that "significant interruptions" pose a problem just proves that. However, for playability, you'd probably better allow fast healing in combat - it's pretty clearly what the intent is, based on all the "fast healing" monsters' flavor texts.