@stphen good to know, thanks. I'l have to keep an eye out for that, as long as there's some commentary giving a decent idea why you're doing what you're doing.
Imagine trying to learn chess just by watching experienced player, with no explantion of why they make the moves they do.
@Stephen595 Early on, there often aren't enough sources of healing to be able use them instead of resting, or a an emergency heal.
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There's also a good chance fountains on earlier level have already been used.
Also, even players who do use terrain and positioning well can run out of food, with a little bad luck.
Food is too blatantly a mechanism for driving characters down, whether or not they're ready for them, since the alternative is starving to death
For example, some character classes might be able to scavenge food when not in combat. They don't get hungry quite as fast. Invest enough points and they could get hungry at perhaps 10% the normal rate.
Others might be able to live off mana alone, while meditating. When waiting they
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