Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
The
VOIDRUNNER'S CODEX
is LIVE! Explore new worlds, fight oppressive empires, fend off fearsome aliens, and wield deadly psionics with this comprehensive boxed set expansion for 5E and A5E!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
An alternative to eight hour healing
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="robus" data-source="post: 7271544" data-attributes="member: 6801558"><p>I've struggled with this too - as of course a poisoned weapon (or bite) does deliver its poison if it hits. What you have to get past is that the blow is deep - each hit can mean that the PC is physically hit but not in a catastrophic manner - it's scratches, bruises, shallow slices that might cause a bit of blood to show but nothing life threatening. In the case of poison if the toxin is potent enough then just a scratch is all that's needed to deliver it. The hit points are the PC battling to keep the damage minimal. It's exhausting always keeping your guard up (or dodging out of the way, or deflecting the blow so that you're barely injured). Eventually you make a mistake and when that happens you drop to 0 and need urgent help.</p><p></p><p>I've been trying to google Eric Pommer's excellent Wounds in 5e PDF that (in my opinion) improves the verisimilitude of dropping to 0 HP. You take conditions (paralleling to exhaustion) that being raised from 0 HP doesn't magically erase. So you can get back into the fight but now you've got to deal with disadvantage on ability checks etc.</p><p></p><p>Anyway if someone's google-fu is better than mine I'd appreciate a link (I do have a copy of the PDF at least).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="robus, post: 7271544, member: 6801558"] I've struggled with this too - as of course a poisoned weapon (or bite) does deliver its poison if it hits. What you have to get past is that the blow is deep - each hit can mean that the PC is physically hit but not in a catastrophic manner - it's scratches, bruises, shallow slices that might cause a bit of blood to show but nothing life threatening. In the case of poison if the toxin is potent enough then just a scratch is all that's needed to deliver it. The hit points are the PC battling to keep the damage minimal. It's exhausting always keeping your guard up (or dodging out of the way, or deflecting the blow so that you're barely injured). Eventually you make a mistake and when that happens you drop to 0 and need urgent help. I've been trying to google Eric Pommer's excellent Wounds in 5e PDF that (in my opinion) improves the verisimilitude of dropping to 0 HP. You take conditions (paralleling to exhaustion) that being raised from 0 HP doesn't magically erase. So you can get back into the fight but now you've got to deal with disadvantage on ability checks etc. Anyway if someone's google-fu is better than mine I'd appreciate a link (I do have a copy of the PDF at least). [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
An alternative to eight hour healing
Top