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Aura of the Guardian against damage that drops the paladin to 0?
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<blockquote data-quote="Salthorae" data-source="post: 7451498" data-attributes="member: 1095"><p>Fun question!</p><p></p><p>I would say only if the paladin took less than 20 points of damage because the Aura of the Guardian ability says “when a creature within 10 feet of you takes damage” you get to do a reaction to activate. </p><p></p><p>Since they are taking the damage at the same time as you, I’d say the paladin can’t react to the damage of someone else if they took enough damage to fall unconscious and start dying from the same attack they are trying to shield.</p><p></p><p>It’s one of those hard questions of simultaneity that action/round based games generate. If the trigger for Aura of Guardians was somehow related to seeing a “spell caster cast a spell you throw up a warding shield” or something then I would allow it, but because the trigger is based on someone else taking damage and you’re taking the same damage at the same time, it it knocks you out you can’t react. </p><p></p><p>That’s how I’d rule it at my table.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Salthorae, post: 7451498, member: 1095"] Fun question! I would say only if the paladin took less than 20 points of damage because the Aura of the Guardian ability says “when a creature within 10 feet of you takes damage” you get to do a reaction to activate. Since they are taking the damage at the same time as you, I’d say the paladin can’t react to the damage of someone else if they took enough damage to fall unconscious and start dying from the same attack they are trying to shield. It’s one of those hard questions of simultaneity that action/round based games generate. If the trigger for Aura of Guardians was somehow related to seeing a “spell caster cast a spell you throw up a warding shield” or something then I would allow it, but because the trigger is based on someone else taking damage and you’re taking the same damage at the same time, it it knocks you out you can’t react. That’s how I’d rule it at my table. [/QUOTE]
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