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<blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 8287287" data-attributes="member: 2629">D&amp;D is an RPG.&nbsp; Characters, and monsters, are playing a role in a story.&nbsp; I (100%) have the motivations and the capabilities of the monsters dictate whether they attack a downed foe.&nbsp; If a pack of wolves attack the PCs and knock a PC below 0, the wolves try to take their piece of flesh - continuing to attack the down foe.&nbsp; If a powerful and wise enemy understands that heroes on the brink sometimes get back up, they make sure the hero does not.&nbsp; However a goblin that sees a foe fall will likely move on to the next foe (your goblins may be different - this is clear for how most goblins act in my setting).&nbsp; As a DM, this is rarely a 'decision' on my part - it is just what makes obvious sense given the creatures involved.&nbsp; There are times when it is a judgment call, and I usually leave that up to the fickleness of the dice.As for the 'below 0 hp rules' - I set up rules around 3rd edition which translate well into 5E.&nbsp; In my game I have a concept called 'God Touched' (which grows out of Lore from the setting).&nbsp; Basically, if a creature follows the rules in the PHB for advancing in levels, for surviving when reduced below 0, etc... they are God Touched.&nbsp; If a creature is not God Touched, they die when they fail a death save or if their hps drop to a negative number equal to or greater than their con bonus plus their hit dice.&nbsp; And we continue to count at negative hp for them as well. Non-God Touched also advance in class levels much more slowly - a human spending their entire life studying magic might get to 5th level in 80 years.&nbsp; A dwarf may reach 7th in 300 years.&nbsp; An elf might reach 9th in 700 years of study.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jgsugden, post: 8287287, member: 2629"] D&D is an RPG. Characters, and monsters, are playing a role in a story. I (100%) have the motivations and the capabilities of the monsters dictate whether they attack a downed foe. If a pack of wolves attack the PCs and knock a PC below 0, the wolves try to take their piece of flesh - continuing to attack the down foe. If a powerful and wise enemy understands that heroes on the brink sometimes get back up, they make sure the hero does not. However a goblin that sees a foe fall will likely move on to the next foe (your goblins may be different - this is clear for how most goblins act in my setting). As a DM, this is rarely a 'decision' on my part - it is just what makes obvious sense given the creatures involved. There are times when it is a judgment call, and I usually leave that up to the fickleness of the dice. As for the 'below 0 hp rules' - I set up rules around 3rd edition which translate well into 5E. In my game I have a concept called 'God Touched' (which grows out of Lore from the setting). Basically, if a creature follows the rules in the PHB for advancing in levels, for surviving when reduced below 0, etc... they are God Touched. If a creature is not God Touched, they die when they fail [I]a[/I] death save or if their hps drop to a negative number equal to or greater than their con bonus plus their hit [I]dice[/I]. And we continue to count at negative hp for them as well. Non-God Touched also advance in class levels much more slowly - a human spending their entire life studying magic might get to 5th level in 80 years. A dwarf may reach 7th in 300 years. An elf might reach 9th in 700 years of study. [/QUOTE]

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