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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aenghus" data-source="post: 6511560" data-attributes="member: 2656">Injured but dying PCs can be stabilised by a healing check in some versions of D&D and automaticallyt in others. Dying NPCs often involve DM fiat in and of themselves,as there iare few ways by the rules for someone to issue a dying declaration and then expire, due to the coarse nature of the hp mechanic. (disease track, wounding weapons, bleeding house rules, and as I said before DM fiat).So saving a dying NPC often means interacting with DM fiat even before any resolution is attempted. I have a number of times told my players not to waste limited resources on a dying NPC there to deliver a plot point before passing away. If they really really want to we may be able to work something out.In relation to the OP's original question, on one hand I do prefer to preserve niche protection so would avoid creating precedents for skill checks resulting in a miracle. D&D gods in my settings are relatively interventionist so the potential for divine intervention of some sort exists, though it may not be overt, and it may require an implicit or negotiated bargain.</blockquote>