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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quartz" data-source="post: 8273465" data-attributes="member: 40552">Ask yourself this question: faced with such penalties, why would I want to play a frontline PC? Your system disadvantages the front line considerably. An unlucky hit can take anyone down and then you're out for at least 3 rounds without outside intervention and even if you do get help you're still in trouble. That way lies a death spiral.  And it's unfun for the player of the the frontline PC.Getting up after being knocked down is not a problem IMHO. The first time. Think of it as a boxing match. Many boxers get knocked down once only to go on to win, but boxers who get knocked down multiple times seldom go on to win. If you persist with this you might want to add a class feature to the frontline types to negate the first knockdown. Something likeGrit: when you are reduced to 0 HP but not killed outright you may move a maximum of 10' but lose any unspent Actions, Bonus Actions, and Reactions and you start the following round with HP equal to your Proficiency Bonus plus your current HD. Once you use this ability you may not use it again until you have finished a Short Rest or a Long Rest. Or you could repurpose Action Surge.</blockquote>