Dying...

Nifelhein

First Post

• Apr 8, 2004

• #1

Okay, I have red it and I can say that I am not sure how that is by the rules...

A character under 0 hit points makes a test every turn, by that they mean every 10 rounds, thus every minute, or they mean every turn the character would act, thus every round?

That is because they seem t have abandoned the turn term in 3rd edition but I got bugged... And besides, another way of making yet more questions for the boards.

Cheers,

Nif.

 

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Trainz

Explorer

• Apr 8, 2004

• #2

That's every combat round (6 seconds)

 

Devin Firebrand

First Post

• Apr 8, 2004

• #3

From PHB 3.0 (pg 129)

Dying (-1 to -9 Hit Points)
...
At the end of each round (starting the round in which the character dropped below 0), roll d% to see whether he stabilizes. He has a 10% chance to become stable. If he doesn't he loses 1 hit point.
If the character's hit points drop to -10 (or lower), he's dead.

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I read that as every time the character would act, he rolls to see if he stablizes or if he becomes another hit point closer to being truly dead.

 

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Nifelhein

First Post

• Apr 8, 2004

• #4

Devin,

That is a good one, i should have referenced the 3.0 PHB, the 3.5 says turn instead... I have always used the rule as I have learned back then, when i started playign D&D. I hate it when they simply go changing things and get careless about the game terms.

 

Trainz

Explorer

• Apr 8, 2004

• #5

Nifelhein said:

Devin,

That is a good one, i should have referenced the 3.0 PHB, the 3.5 says turn instead... I have always used the rule as I have learned back then, when i started playign D&D. I hate it when they simply go changing things and get careless about the game terms.

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*Mpfft* ! !

Is THAT a fact. In the DMG, at one place it says that Cohorts don't cost a share of the XP reward, but next page it stipulates that they do. You should go read the Leadership/Cohort thread and watch unfold the horror that mistake caused.

 

Nifelhein

First Post

• Apr 8, 2004

• #6

I checked it... I have not seen anyone with the leadership feat yet and have yet to finish the PHB 3.5... great thread, by the way, thanks for the scoop.

 

thundershot

Adventurer

• Apr 8, 2004

• #7

Yeah, they definitely threw me off when they started using "Turn" in the new books. Turn in my mind is 10 minutes. But then again, back then, a round was a minute... so would a 3.5 turn be 1 minute now? As it was, it was just word-swapping... but it threw an old timer like me for a loop..



Chris

 

Nifelhein

First Post

• Apr 8, 2004

• #8

That is what this thread is all about.. old timers complaints... of course we are only old timers, diaglo would be ancient timer... almost archeological!