death saving throws question

[Particle_Man]

Norwegian Bloo is dying and fails 2 death saving throws. In the middle of combat he is healed and enters the fray, but without a chance to rest. Bloo is struck down unconscious again and fails a death saving throw.

Am I right in assuming that, because (despite a period of being conscious) Bloo has had no chance to rest, he has now joined the choir invisible because of failing his 3rd death saving throw? He is now an ex-Paragon?

 

[Boarstorm]

Once you stand up, the number of failed death saves becomes irrelevant, as they're wiped away by the fact that you're not, y'know, dying anymore.

So, no. 3 failed saves every time.

 

[Particle_Man]

Then why does the text on p. 295 say "If you get this result three times before you take a rest, you die" as opposed to "If you get this result three times before you become conscious, you die"?

 

[Kithran]

This came up at the UK Launch party event for the table I was running for. I had thought that once someone had been healed then they would be OK but Rob Heinsoo said it was if you fail three death saves in an encounter you die - no matter how many times you have been healed in between those failures.

Kithran

 

[Boarstorm]

Then why does the text on p. 295 say "If you get this result three times before you take a rest, you die" as opposed to "If you get this result three times before you become conscious, you die"?

Hmm, I may have seen what I expected to see when I read that chapter. Still, the scenario you posit makes no sense to me.

And Kithran elaborates, so yeah, I was wrong.

Lame. I hate being wrong.

 

[Nifft]

Am I right in assuming that, because (despite a period of being conscious) Bloo has had no chance to rest, he has now joined the choir invisible because of failing his 3rd death saving throw?

My reading of the rules supports this, yes. He is no more.

Cheers, -- N

 

[JiffyPopTart]

He's not dead. He's pining.

DS

 

[Lord Xtheth]

MMM, corpse

are YOU going to eat that, cuz I'm still hungry.

 

[Surgoshan]

Hmm, I may have seen what I expected to see when I read that chapter. Still, the scenario you posit makes no sense to me.

It's like system shock in 2nd edition. When you're down and dying, something has gone seriously wrong that can't be patched in just a few seconds, regardless of method (potion, divine intervention, someone shouting at you). It takes a period of devoted care to make what was wrong right. Maybe you need to firmly anchor your spirit within your flesh.