Failed saving throws

[vhailor]

A PC has a condition that is getting worse as he fails saving throws (like the Petrifying Ray of the Beholder Eye Tyrant). An ally grants you a saving throw and you don't succeed. Does it count as a failed saving throw for the condition progression? Or are the failed saving throws at the end of your turn those that determine the progression?

 

[Lord Ernie]

This was recently cleared up in PHB2 (and was a housrule of mine before that), page 219, under Failed Saving Throw.

The effect doesn’t change if the creature fails a saving throw against it at a time other than the end of its turn.

No more Hobgoblins falling unconscous because they are more resilient.

 

[vhailor]

Thanks.

 

[IanArgent]

It's also in the errata as of the end of March, if you don't want to get PHB2