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After reading Torn Asunder: Critical Hits, I am wondering if I have been interpreting the first aid rules correctly. Referring to the core rules, the book (on page 31) states, "Under the standard rules, a character can be given first aid to stabilize a life-threatening injury bringing her from negative hit points to zero hit points." Later on that same page it says, "his patient gains a number of hit points above those necessary to bring him to zero (referring to normal 'stabilization')."
This implies that stablizing a character under the core rules means that he is brought back to zero hit points. This is not how I interpret a reading of the "Recovering with Help" rules on page 129 of the 3.0 PHB. It says that, after a dying character becomes stable, he has a 10% chance of becoming conscious "at which point he is disabled (as IF he had 0 hit points)." I don't see anything that says a character is actually raised to 0 hit points.
My question is: Does this actually raise the character back to 0 hit points (as Critical Hits implies) or can he remain conscious but disabled with negative hit points (as the PHB seems to imply)?
This implies that stablizing a character under the core rules means that he is brought back to zero hit points. This is not how I interpret a reading of the "Recovering with Help" rules on page 129 of the 3.0 PHB. It says that, after a dying character becomes stable, he has a 10% chance of becoming conscious "at which point he is disabled (as IF he had 0 hit points)." I don't see anything that says a character is actually raised to 0 hit points.
My question is: Does this actually raise the character back to 0 hit points (as Critical Hits implies) or can he remain conscious but disabled with negative hit points (as the PHB seems to imply)?
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