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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kinematics" data-source="post: 7803592" data-attributes="member: 6932123">Another idea that may be a little easier to work with would be that dropping to 0 HP puts you at level 6 Exhaustion (ie: dead).  This would be a short-term/temporary version of exhaustion, and doesn't overwrite or remove any real exhaustion levels you may have.Healing effects (spells, potions, Second Wind, etc) reduce the exhaustion level, usually by 1, but possibly more when using high-level effects.  And once you're no longer at 0 HP, your temp exhaustion also drops by 1 point at the end of each of your turns.This means immediately after a simple Healing Word, you're sitting at speed 0 and prone, unable to move or stand up, and at the usual disadvantage.  Next round you can move at half speed, but your max HP is halved (potentially also limiting the value of using Heal on a 0 HP person).  And so on, down the exhaustion table.  You can start getting back into the fight within a couple rounds, but you'll likely be struggling.  Having a healing potion on hand is the best way to get back on your feet, as you'd be able to drink that even at exhaustion level 5, and it would be another -1 to the exhaustion level.A fighter would likely have the quickest recovery, as he could quaff a potion and use Second Wind on the first turn that he's back up (though Second Wind wouldn't be available if he fell to 0 HP again), allowing him to be at exhaustion level 2 (half speed, but no attack disadvantage) on his second turn after being healed from 0.... Honestly, I kind of like this idea.  Might try it as a house rule.</blockquote>

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