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Message: <blockquote data-quote="the_bruiser" data-source="post: 1056129" data-attributes="member: 6126">My Campaign RulesIn my campaign I've changed the rules a little more strongly, but not (I think) in a way that's broken.  A quick note about the campaign - magic is very low, and raising the dead is almost unheard of.  So I needed to make death less likely.  Also, in my experience, the 10 point range from fine to death has always been a bit too fine to me, especially the two point range from fine to unconscious.  So I wanted something that "fixed" (to my mind) all these things.Here's my rule:* Between 0 hit points and a negative hit point total equal to character level, the character is reduced to one partial action move or equivalent per round.  * At a negative hit point total greater than the character’s character level, the character falls unconscious.* If a negative hit point total exceeds the sum of a character’s level and constitution, the character dies.So, a 5th level character with a 14 CON operates like this:>0 HP - fine0 HP - negative 4 HP - can still move/drink potion, but not fight/castneg 5 - neg 18 - unconscious and bleeding, 10% stabilizeneg 19 or worse - deadIt's worked great for us:1.  Increasing level and higher con are reflected as better survival chances, which I think they should be,2.  Even for a 1st level character with 9 CON it's as good (i.e., no more likely to kill people) as standard rules,3.  Lessens character death likelihood, and4.  Makes a "more realistic" zone of declining performance.I should note, though, that enemies will sometimes use the coup de grace action if an opportunity presents itself..... and if you remember in real life, many combat deaths were indeed a result of the victorious armies walking around stabbing people who might have lived otherwise....Over the last three years, we've come up with a number of house rules like this.  If anybody wants a word file, let me know <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />.</blockquote>

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