Dead Saving Throw

[agassparkle]

Hello everyone,

I was wondering what it meant with the 20 or higher saving throw in the death and dying on PHB 295.

Thanks in advance

 

[Infiniti2000]

If you roll a 20 or higher, and you have a healing surge available, you get to take a healing surge as normal. But, this is already at the end of your turn, so you're prone and don't act until next turn.

 

[agassparkle]

How do i roll a 20+ on a d20

 

[Mengu]

You may have bonuses to saving throws from feats, items, or even class features.

 

[Infiniti2000]

There are a few, albeit rare, methods to increase saving throws. Some powers, for example, might give you a +2.

 

[agassparkle]

You may have bonuses to saving throws from feats, items, or even class features.

There are a few, albeit rare, methods to increase saving throws. Some powers, for example, might give you a +2.

Thanks a lot

 

[OnlineDM]

A quick example is the Sun Warpriest from Heroes of the Fallen Lands. Everyone within 5 squares of a Sun Warpriest gets a +2 bonus to death saving throws, so a 19 on the die becomes a 21 and lets you spend a healing surge.

 

[MarkB]

In our party, my character has the Resilient Focus feat giving +2 to all saves, and our dwarven cleric has a Paragon Path class feature which grants nearby allies +5 to death saves. My warlord also has a utility power that grants him and all allies a +5 power bonus to saves after an ally succeeds on a save.

If all those happened to be in play, I could potentially hit 20 on a roll of 8 or more.

 

[DracoSuave]

I wouldn't even call them rare. Humans have been doing it since PHB 1.

 

[Infiniti2000]

(In the voice of Maxwell Smart...) Would you consider...medium rare?