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<blockquote data-quote="Ghostwind" data-source="post: 1098271" data-attributes="member: 3060"><p>You are correct that under the core rules, those who are currently at negative hit points do not gain those back with a successful heal check. They simply do not lose more. This was an error on my part as I was working on re-writing the skill and subconsciously stuck in our house rule of automatically going to zero points after a successful Heal check without realizing it or catching it as I re-read it time and time again. </p><p> </p><p>Under the existing rules, a stabilized character will still be at negative and cannot gain additional hit points without the aid of magical healing or long-term care and rest. This clearly makes the revised version of the skill presented in <em>Torn Asunder</em> all the more valuable, since it is possible to gain hit points back with successful heal checks under the new rules presented there. </p><p> </p><p>For the purposes of the book, treat "stabilization (DC 15)" under First Aid to be the same as in the standard rules; the player no longer loses hit points but does not automatically go to zero.</p><p> </p><p>To be honest, you're the first to catch it or mention the error, even after extensive playtest. It is something to add to the errata list we are working on. So I do appreciate that.</p><p> </p><p>Bastion Press is one of the publishers that consistently releases top notch material and a single wrong sentence in a book is hardly grounds for condemning the product or company. We do know our core rules, but we do make mistakes just like anyone else. That is why there is errata releases, so we can fix things we missed during development and playtest. Just look at 3.5-- it took 3 yrs of "playtesting" to fix those mistakes and they still missed some. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ghostwind, post: 1098271, member: 3060"] You are correct that under the core rules, those who are currently at negative hit points do not gain those back with a successful heal check. They simply do not lose more. This was an error on my part as I was working on re-writing the skill and subconsciously stuck in our house rule of automatically going to zero points after a successful Heal check without realizing it or catching it as I re-read it time and time again. Under the existing rules, a stabilized character will still be at negative and cannot gain additional hit points without the aid of magical healing or long-term care and rest. This clearly makes the revised version of the skill presented in [i]Torn Asunder[/i] all the more valuable, since it is possible to gain hit points back with successful heal checks under the new rules presented there. For the purposes of the book, treat "stabilization (DC 15)" under First Aid to be the same as in the standard rules; the player no longer loses hit points but does not automatically go to zero. To be honest, you're the first to catch it or mention the error, even after extensive playtest. It is something to add to the errata list we are working on. So I do appreciate that. Bastion Press is one of the publishers that consistently releases top notch material and a single wrong sentence in a book is hardly grounds for condemning the product or company. We do know our core rules, but we do make mistakes just like anyone else. That is why there is errata releases, so we can fix things we missed during development and playtest. Just look at 3.5-- it took 3 yrs of "playtesting" to fix those mistakes and they still missed some. ;) [/QUOTE]
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