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<blockquote data-quote="Laurefindel" data-source="post: 8550433" data-attributes="member: 67296">Ah, I didn’t get your intentions right at first then. Like [USER=6785785]@hawkeyefan[/USER] said, I think your house rule increase lethality by quite a bit, which may incite PC to be a lot more careful and therefore result in less deaths…this reminds me of 3rd edition where you’re better of at -1 than at 1 hp, because you’re still up (I.e. still a threat) and the next hit has a high probability of being an insta-kill. My experience is that these rules do not incite prudence because flight is an invitation to be hit again (unless the PC are in superior numbers). More often than not, your best chance of survival is trying to deal as much damage/status effect as possible, so players went double or nothing in 95% of cases.rules that allow PC to fight/act at 0hp also result in more frequent PC deaths, again because double or nothing usually provides the best return (or at least appear to). The main attraction of these rules is to keep players involved in the game longer and increase player’s responsibilities and self-accountability.don’t get me wrong, I love games where «death is very likely; be forewarned and play accordingly!». But from your OP I thought you meant the opposite.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Laurefindel, post: 8550433, member: 67296"] Ah, I didn’t get your intentions right at first then. Like [USER=6785785]@hawkeyefan[/USER] said, I think your house rule increase lethality by quite a bit, which may incite PC to be a lot more careful and therefore result in less deaths… this reminds me of 3rd edition where you’re better of at -1 than at 1 hp, because you’re still up (I.e. still a threat) and the next hit has a high probability of being an insta-kill. My experience is that these rules do not incite prudence because flight is an invitation to be hit again (unless the PC are in superior numbers). More often than not, your best chance of survival is trying to deal as much damage/status effect as possible, so players went double or nothing in 95% of cases. rules that allow PC to fight/act at 0hp also result in more frequent PC deaths, again because double or nothing usually provides the best return (or at least appear to). The main attraction of these rules is to keep players involved in the game longer and increase player’s responsibilities and self-accountability. don’t get me wrong, I love games where «death is very likely; be forewarned and play accordingly!». But from your OP I thought you meant the opposite. [/QUOTE]

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