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<blockquote data-quote="Mallus" data-source="post: 5942110" data-attributes="member: 3887">Ah, like so much of the AD&amp;D crunch, it's vaguely worded. The rules state unequivocally death occurs at -10 HP (DMG, p.82). Characters brought to 0 HP (optionally -3 &quot;by the same blow&quot;) are at &quot;death's door&quot; and lose 1 HP per round until -10 is reached, at which point they &quot;buy the Shire&quot;. Character brought to 0 HP and below are seriously wounded. Regardless of healing, they're comatose for 1d6 turns, and at least 1 full week of bed rest. Unless you use the UA spell Death's Door, which permits immediate healing back to full functionality. The spell also reiterates &quot;death's door&quot; being between 0 and -9 HP. Also, if the character is brought to -6 or below, they might suffer permanent scarring and/or limb loss.What's unclear is the result of being reduced to - 4 through -9 HP in a single blow/attack. We always played it as &quot;alive, but dying&quot;, because the rules explicitly state &quot;dead = -10 HP&quot;, while assuming otherwise required an element of conjecture. As for the larger issue of &quot;superheroic feel&quot; -- this topic always seems strange to me. Every edition of D&amp;D starts to feel &quot;superheroic&quot; by about 9th level, give or take, and it has everything to do with the amount of player-controlled magic and nothing, at all, to do with hit points. Following from this, 3e/Pathfinder are the most &quot;superheroic&quot; versions of D&amp;D, since their default assumptions involve the most magic under the most player control. Having just played my 13th level Wind Oracle yesterday afternoon, I can say with confidence she'd qualify for both the X-Men and the Avengers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mallus, post: 5942110, member: 3887"] Ah, like so much of the AD&D crunch, it's vaguely worded. The rules state unequivocally death occurs at -10 HP (DMG, p.82). Characters brought to 0 HP (optionally -3 "by the same blow") are at "death's door" and lose 1 HP per round until -10 is reached, at which point they "buy the Shire". Character brought to 0 HP and below are seriously wounded. Regardless of healing, they're comatose for 1d6 turns, and at least 1 full week of bed rest. Unless you use the UA spell Death's Door, which permits immediate healing back to full functionality. The spell also reiterates "death's door" being between 0 and -9 HP. Also, if the character is brought to -6 or below, they [i]might[/i] suffer permanent scarring and/or limb loss. What's unclear is the result of being reduced to - 4 through -9 HP in a single blow/attack. We always played it as "alive, but dying", because the rules explicitly state "dead = -10 HP", while assuming otherwise required an element of conjecture. As for the larger issue of "superheroic feel" -- this topic always seems strange to me. Every edition of D&D starts to feel "superheroic" by about 9th level, give or take, and it has everything to do with the amount of player-controlled magic and nothing, at all, to do with hit points. Following from this, 3e/Pathfinder are the most "superheroic" versions of D&D, since their default assumptions involve the most magic under the most player control. Having just played my 13th level Wind Oracle yesterday afternoon, I can say with confidence she'd qualify for both the X-Men and the Avengers. [/QUOTE]

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