I’d rather the HP values were reset at the end of a Battle rather than at the beginning of the next; it seems simpler and more thematically appropriate not to have dead Adventurers between Battles.

I think the “When a Monster ceases to be a Monster” can accommodate this well, with some tweaking.

I meant “the ‘When a Monster ceases to be a Monster’ paragraph, of course.

It might be a bit more thematically sound, but since we already have a convenient cleanup action happening between battles in “Continue the Story” (which is undertaken by an actual player rather than happening in the passive voice) it seemed easier to just use that.

(0HP doesn’t mean “dead” anywhere under the current rules, of course. A 0HP Adventurer can still crawl around retreating.)

That is indeed the case, but it could very well change; I’m working on a proposal for the Revival mechanic, and I’m thinking that if it is to have any point to it, Adventurers with 0 HP must be considered Dead and unable to be Healed unless specifically Revived. (After all, the same condition for the Monster is indeed deadly, if only to its monstrous nature and not the Adventurer per se, so it would be symmetrical.)

Not sure I see the relevant: Revival sounds like something that only matters during a Battle, whereas this HP restoration only ever happens outside of a Battle (whether that’s at the end of one or the start of the next).

\o/ PRAISE THE SUN ☀️

[Kevan] It’s more thematically sound, as you said: a dead (or unconscious) Adventurer would be unlikely to start a new Battle, and I mean to Revive all dead Adventurers after a Battle along with restoring everyone’s HP.

Not a dealbreaker, though. 

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We can throw any narrative spin on the Continue the Story action here: it could be “time passes” or “the group pray for strength”. There’s no reason to read it as “the character of the player taking the action springs to their feet and walks around healing everyone individually”.

Seems legit.