Maxondaerth
Squire
I agree with the examples you lay out, Dan, and it's very true all around. The only counterpoint I would include is that in all of the examples you give, all of those people have 100% of their environment properly phys repped and in character as it were, so they have no need whatsoever to take extra steps in order to try and pull the people around them deeper into the world they are attempting to create. It is much in the theme of people in the real world don't gesture quite so grandly nor move quite as deliberately as people on a stage in a play, but those who act know you have to in order to convey the moment and sell the scene to those in the back who can't make out their facial expressions.
The other point I'd make to all involved is the whole idea of suspended disbelief that is the basis of our build-bought rules system. No matter how many times someone points to B-o-b on a piece of paper, unless I spend the build on read/write I still look at it as squiggly lines. Same thing should aply to healing arts. I'd say yes, if a healer tells you "whenever you are down on the ground dying, if someone first aids you when you get up ask for a Cure Critical Wounds spell or potion" you can remember that, and you might even be able to make educated guesses on "I took this spell so I need this one to counter that much damage", but since Healing Arts is required to know for sure, and that costs build, then it still looks like squiggly lines.
The other point I'd make to all involved is the whole idea of suspended disbelief that is the basis of our build-bought rules system. No matter how many times someone points to B-o-b on a piece of paper, unless I spend the build on read/write I still look at it as squiggly lines. Same thing should aply to healing arts. I'd say yes, if a healer tells you "whenever you are down on the ground dying, if someone first aids you when you get up ask for a Cure Critical Wounds spell or potion" you can remember that, and you might even be able to make educated guesses on "I took this spell so I need this one to counter that much damage", but since Healing Arts is required to know for sure, and that costs build, then it still looks like squiggly lines.