D&D 5E How has your DM handled death before and after the party getting the spell Revivify?

[jasper]

More often we see the Healing Word "punchbag dummy" effect where a character keeps getting up with a few hit points and knocked back down. Goofy....
How many boxing movies have we seen where the hero gets up before the 10 count (replace that with 0 hp)
How many kung fu fighting movies have we seen where the hero gets toss across the yard, before he gets and finishes the foe?
How many war movies have we seen the hero take wounds? Kill the bad guy and wake up when the medics arrive?
How many zombie movies have we seen the hero get bitten and turned to zomb? Why not in D&D?
How many action movies did the villain leave the good guy for dead?

 

[tglassy]

More often we see the Healing Word "punchbag dummy" effect where a character keeps getting up with a few hit points and knocked back down. Goofy....
How many boxing movies have we seen where the hero gets up before the 10 count (replace that with 0 hp)
How many kung fu fighting movies have we seen where the hero gets toss across the yard, before he gets and finishes the foe?
How many war movies have we seen the hero take wounds? Kill the bad guy and wake up when the medics arrive?
How many zombie movies have we seen the hero get bitten and turned to zomb? Why not in D&D?
How many action movies did the villain leave the good guy for dead?

Yes, but most action movies portray Fighters, who can use their Second Wind, or Barbarians, who can go to 1hp instead of 0.

 

[ad_hoc]

When people say 'back up' are you meaning it literally? Because the character is still prone and as such enemies ha e advantage to knock them back out.

 

[jasper]

Yes, but most action movies portray Fighters, who can use their Second Wind, or Barbarians, who can go to 1hp instead of 0.

So maybe the Wizards, Sorcerers, Bards, Clerics, etc should talk to their agents and get better deals instead being the villains, or sidekicks.

 

[jasper]

I disagree with that.

Take this example:

Cleric casts Healing Word on downed PC.
PC now has a few HP but is still prone.
The PC is attacked by 2 creatures with Multiattack. They have advantage. 1 hit to knock the PC to 0, 2 more to kill the PC. Even if they only get 2 hits, the PC just needs 1 failure to die.

Death spirals are a thing in 5e. Many low CR creatures are deadly when the PCs are hovering at 1-5hp.

(side note: The game is also much deadlier when enemies just walk past the heavily armoured PC and attack the ones wearing robes)

Death spirals HAVE always been a thing in all editions. everything you said applies to all editions. The wording has just changed. And some spells added.

 

[ad_hoc]

Death spirals HAVE always been a thing in all editions. everything you said applies to all editions. The wording has just changed. And some spells added.

...I never said it didn't.