History Main / AfterCombatRecovery

* The ''MarioAndLuigi'' games.

* ''{{Dragon Age}}'' uses an interesting variant in that party members heal back to full health after a battle, unless they were incapacitated, in which case they can resurrect for free, although they suffer a random lasting injury that afflicts them with a penalty to stats until taken care of or they return to a party camp. Also, the after combat healing is not instantaneous. It's possible, though unlikely, to bumble into another battle before the characters have finished healing, halting the healing process.

* The Xbox Indie [=RPGs=] ''BreathOfDeathVII'' and ''CthulhuSavesTheWorld'' restore all of your characters' HP after battles, but only a portion of their MP (with more being restored the faster you complete a battle).

* The Xbox Indie [=RPGs=] ''BreathOfDeathVII'' and ''Cthulhu Saves the World'' restore all of your characters' HP after battles, but only a portion of their MP (with more being restored the faster you complete a battle).

* The ''MARDEK'' series.

* TabletopGame example: The ''DresdenFiles'' RPG instantly removes all stress (the games' equivalent to the HitPoint) at the end of every 'battle' situation, be it physical, mental or social. This compensates for the fact that characters have very low stress values to begin with and that the only way to 'heal' in-combat is by buying off stress with penalties called 'consequences', which don't go away at the end of combat.

* ''BreathOfFire'' series, albeit in ''[[BreathOfFireIII III]]'' and ''[[BreathOfFireIV IV]]'' the character also receives a 10% penalty against their maximum HP (curable only by the TraumaInn).

* ''[[BatenKaitos Baten Kaitos Origins]]

* ''MassEffect''

* ''BreathOfFire'' series, albeit in 3 and 4 the character also receives a 10% penalty against their maximum HP (curable only by the TraumaInn).

* ''TalesOfSymphonia'', and possibly other games in the TalesSeries.

This does not include other methods of "free" healing, such as automatic HP regeneration, {{Save Point}}s, leftover healing items or so on. Compare and contrast AfterBossRecovery, for cases where free HP recovery is limited to boss encounters only.

* The first ''MegamanBattleNetwork'' game.
** It had a chapter (Elecman's) where this ''not'' happening was a big deal.

* ''RecordOfAgarestWar'' partially uses it. While fighting on the map, you are fully recovered after every battle - but inside dungeons, you are ''not''. You also don't get free resurrections, so whether it was on the map or in a dungeon, you'll need to head back to town to bring the dead back to life.

* Though this does not usually occur in the ''{{Pokemon}}'' games, ''[[PokemonDiamondAndPearl Diamond and Pearl]]'' feature short period where you are teamed up with another trainer exploring an area. After every single battle, your partner will heal your team completely, making the trip through the area unbelievably easy because its nearly impossible for all of your Pokemon to get knocked out.

* ''{{Dragon Age}}''uses an interesting variant in that party members heal back to full health after a battle, unless they were incapacitated, in which case they can resurrect for free, although they suffer a random lasting injury that afflicts them with a penalty to stats until taken care of or they return to a party camp. Also, the after combat healing is not instantaneous. It's possible, though unlikely, to bumble into another battle before the characters have finished healing, halting the healing process.

* ''ChronoCross'' sorta does this; it'll heal you if you have enough energy stored to use the necessary healing elements, as the energy isn't carried over between battles anyway and most elements can be used an infinite number of times (albeit just once per battle.)
* ''TheLastRemnant'' does this too; all unions will be restored to full health after a successful fight. Just as well as there's no retreat option.
* Disciples [[GameplayAndStorySegregation blocks]] this with the Empire units. As Empire you can have healers within your squad, who are able to heal your units every turn, without using any mana-type resource. The catch - this healing is '''only''' available in-combat. Once you've defeated your enemy you can't use them to heal your squad while travelling on the world map. Only potions, paid healing in towns and world map spells (which use resources) work.
* RomancingSaga III uses this setup along with free post-battle resurrections, but only with health points: LP is lost every time a character is KO'd and attacked while they're down, and once it hits zero that character is gone for good.
* Happens in the ''SuperRobotWars'' series. Unfortunately, the game automatically takes money from you to repair wrecked units, and money spent reviving teammates is money not spent making your teammates better, through upgrades.

!!Games that don't heal all damage, but do revive characters at 0 HP after battle:

* The ''ShadowHearts'' games

* ''RogueGalaxy''

* ''BreathOfFire'' series, with a temporary Max HP penalty in III and IV.

* THe ''MarioAndLuigi'' games.

* Happens in the ''SuperRobotWars'' series. Unfortunately, the game automatically takes money from you, and money spent reviving teammates is money not spent making your teammates better, through upgrades.

* ''TheReconstruction'' doesn't fully heal after battles, but your characters do regenerate health while on the field map, so you can just wait around for a while until you're fully healed.

* ''BreathOfFire'' series.