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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FormerlyHemlock" data-source="post: 6795280" data-attributes="member: 6787650">It will drop a PC to 0 HP, but the implications of dropping to 0 HP are very different in 5E vs. 2nd edition. In 2nd edition (and also I think in 1st edition, but I never played 1st edition) dropping to 0 HP kills you outright, and if you use the widely-used "Death's Door" rules it doesn't kill you until you hit -10 HP but it does wipe your mind clean of all spells and IIRC made you unable to fight or otherwise exert yourself for a lengthy period of time thereafter (a day?). In contrast, in 5E you can be back on your feet and fighting at full efficiency after a single bonus action spell (Healing Word) or even a completely free-except-for-gold usage of a Healing kit by someone with the Healer feat. At first level, there's still a chance the ogre could roll high and instantly kill you, but that risk rapidly fades as you gain levels.Without insta-kill, it is impossible for the Ogre to win a fight against a party with two healers in it.My point: looking at game stats in isolation, independent of rule changes, can lead you to believe in similarities which don't really exist.</blockquote>