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<blockquote data-quote="Philotomy Jurament" data-source="post: 4740244" data-attributes="member: 20854"><p>Eh, I don't know about that. There might be a few out there that would look on it that way, but I think the OD&D community is pretty accepting of house rules. Everyone has their own opinion (often strongly held and strongly expressed), but the nature of the system encourages different house rules and different approaches, so there's not really much "this is the one true right way to play OD&D" out there. </p><p></p><p></p><p>I move around on this question. I've done dead at zero. I've done the AD&D way. I've done "can survive to -(PC level)." I've done a saving throw (make it, you're just down and out, miss it, you're dead). </p><p></p><p>Currently, I'm using a table from <em>Fight On!</em> that you roll on when you're reduced to 0 or less.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Philotomy Jurament, post: 4740244, member: 20854"] Eh, I don't know about that. There might be a few out there that would look on it that way, but I think the OD&D community is pretty accepting of house rules. Everyone has their own opinion (often strongly held and strongly expressed), but the nature of the system encourages different house rules and different approaches, so there's not really much "this is the one true right way to play OD&D" out there. I move around on this question. I've done dead at zero. I've done the AD&D way. I've done "can survive to -(PC level)." I've done a saving throw (make it, you're just down and out, miss it, you're dead). Currently, I'm using a table from [i]Fight On![/i] that you roll on when you're reduced to 0 or less. [/QUOTE]
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