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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DND_Reborn" data-source="post: 8157878" data-attributes="member: 6987520">Well, going with this idea is if you are out of RPs and become Staggered again (0 HP) then either:1. You die.2. You drop unconscious and start death saves at this point.Up to you. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Now, here is something I have thought more about today which I like:When you go to 0 HP you continue to track damage and if your total "negative damage" reaches your max HP, you die. The damage that takes you to 0 overflows into this negative HP.Now, these "negative HP" (NHP) only heal through rest or the powerful magic some like, otherwise taking a long time to recover. NHP don't heal while you're adventuring maybe?You could track it like this (say your max hp is 50):50/50..Oh, DAMN, <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="💡" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f4a1.png" title="Light bulb    :bulb:" data-shortname=":bulb:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" /> , WAIT... I got it!!!Your negative HP reduces your MAXIMUM HP!!! Back to the example.You begin at 50/50 (current/max) and are eventually at 4/50 when you get hit for 10 points.You would drop 4 points to 0 and the other 6 reduces your maximum hp to 44, so you are 0/44.You regain hp until you reach your reduced max and cap out at 44/44.Later, you are reduced to 7/44 and take 12 damage, the extra 5 overflows and reduces your max, leaving you at 0/39.After resting etc you get "up to current max" and are 39/39.The maximum HP are what can only be restored via long rests (however long you want this to encourage more downtime).Ok, I like that a lot and might build on it myself. I might go with a long rest restores 1 HD to your reduced maximum HP.In the above case, you finish the adventure at 39/39 and after a long rest roll a d8 (HD type) getting a 6 and you are now at 45/45. Another long rest d8 roll restores the last 5 points to get you back to 50/50.Do you like that idea at all?EDIT: if you incorporate that while at 0 HP, damage is critical (more or less doubled), your maximum HP would be reduced faster, if that is desired...</blockquote>

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