[Hellstrom]

The healing is great when you've got a few points left to heal and a bandage would be a waste. Just take a drink of water or eat something. Or for when you're low level, "Near Death", and you'd likely miss your bandaging DC, eat and drink to get to Badly Wounded and don't waste bandages on failed DCs.

I'm surprised at the number of players who are saying they go AFK for so long that they starve or die of thirst... that little green protective barrier isn't proof against everything. And if another PC accidentally bumps you, it can move you and remove the AFK status and leave you wide open to slavers or assassins. If you're going to be gone for that long, why not just log off completely and help reduce server lag for people who are actually playing?