I was actually thinking along the lines that a healing surge = divine wound closure right up until the point that I started reading about the Warlord, at which point the whole concept just sort of folded up, slipped into its carrying case, and was shipped off to parts unknown.
The warlord has no divine power, nor any ability to make wounds close up. All the descriptions are very much more in line with cinematic healing: the action hero gets shot in the shoulder, or maybe gets hit with some sort of sharp industrial tool, and he's hurt. But a scene change later, or just a moment to harden up his determination to win, and he's right back at it. Blood's still there. Hole in his shoulder? Still there. But he's using that arm again.
I'd almost say they're akin to analgesics- no actual healing, but the pain's gone.
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on 2009-07-21 09:59 pm (UTC)The warlord has no divine power, nor any ability to make wounds close up. All the descriptions are very much more in line with cinematic healing: the action hero gets shot in the shoulder, or maybe gets hit with some sort of sharp industrial tool, and he's hurt. But a scene change later, or just a moment to harden up his determination to win, and he's right back at it. Blood's still there. Hole in his shoulder? Still there. But he's using that arm again.
I'd almost say they're akin to analgesics- no actual healing, but the pain's gone.