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<blockquote data-quote="Sinjin the Rogue" data-source="post: 151330" data-attributes="member: 2288">In my group, we also assume that the cleric can how badly someone is wounded by their appearance or by how the person communicates his/her wounds to the cleric.However, our challenge was in determining what happens when a character's hit points fall below zero but above -10. The character is unconscious and on the ground. In the middle of combat from a few feet away, it may be very difficult for the cleric to ascertain the number of hit points the character has before death.Originally, I would spout out, &quot;you are at -3 hit points&quot;. However, true to form, the cleric would wait for 5 or 6 rounds before healing the character, because he knew he had that long to wait.So, our house rule is that once a character drops below zero hit points, I only tell him/her that she is unconscious and in danger of death, unless he/she can stablize or receives healing. Doing this emphasizes the necessity of healing a character immediately. The cleric isn't forced to take a specific action, but failing to act in time will have terrible results for the character.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sinjin the Rogue, post: 151330, member: 2288"] In my group, we also assume that the cleric can how badly someone is wounded by their appearance or by how the person communicates his/her wounds to the cleric. However, our challenge was in determining what happens when a character's hit points fall below zero but above -10. The character is unconscious and on the ground. In the middle of combat from a few feet away, it may be very difficult for the cleric to ascertain the number of hit points the character has before death. Originally, I would spout out, "you are at -3 hit points". However, true to form, the cleric would wait for 5 or 6 rounds before healing the character, because he knew he had that long to wait. So, our house rule is that once a character drops below zero hit points, I only tell him/her that she is unconscious and in danger of death, unless he/she can stablize or receives healing. Doing this emphasizes the necessity of healing a character immediately. The cleric isn't forced to take a specific action, but failing to act in time will have terrible results for the character. [/QUOTE]

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