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<blockquote data-quote="OB1" data-source="post: 9412678" data-attributes="member: 6796241">Weirdly, I've come to really appreciate the standard rule for 0HP after playing BG3 a few times and have taken inspiration from the way encounters are built in the game to the tabletop.That said, I've also been using a house rule for the last couple of years where dropping to 0HP gives the Dazed (half speed, no reaction, choose bonus or action, can't concentrate) condition instead of unconcious at 0HP (all other rules for being at 0HP remain the same).&nbsp; The Dazed condition remains after gaining HP (but death saves are wiped out) until the player roles a 19 Con save at the end of their turn.The effect of this is making things much more dangerous for the party in the current encounter when someone goes down (both because of reduced ability and the fact that enemies are more likely to keep going after a PC at 0HP), and leads to players changing tactics when they start to get close to 0HP and go into complete scramble mode if someone in the party tdoes, without causing a ripple effect on future encounters that adventuring day.&nbsp; Most importantly, my players find it very fun, and every time I ask about going back to the old rules, they say they prefer to keep the house rule.As for the new exhaustion rules, I absolutely love the culmative -1 penalty and will likely be handing out a lot more exhaustion in future games.&nbsp; Feels like it will be especially helpful for multi-day exploration challenges.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="OB1, post: 9412678, member: 6796241"] Weirdly, I've come to really appreciate the standard rule for 0HP after playing BG3 a few times and have taken inspiration from the way encounters are built in the game to the tabletop. That said, I've also been using a house rule for the last couple of years where dropping to 0HP gives the Dazed (half speed, no reaction, choose bonus or action, can't concentrate) condition instead of unconcious at 0HP (all other rules for being at 0HP remain the same). The Dazed condition remains after gaining HP (but death saves are wiped out) until the player roles a 19 Con save at the end of their turn. The effect of this is making things much more dangerous for the party in the current encounter when someone goes down (both because of reduced ability and the fact that enemies are more likely to keep going after a PC at 0HP), and leads to players changing tactics when they start to get close to 0HP and go into complete scramble mode if someone in the party tdoes, without causing a ripple effect on future encounters that adventuring day. Most importantly, my players find it very fun, and every time I ask about going back to the old rules, they say they prefer to keep the house rule. As for the new exhaustion rules, I absolutely love the culmative -1 penalty and will likely be handing out a lot more exhaustion in future games. Feels like it will be especially helpful for multi-day exploration challenges. [/QUOTE]

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