Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="touc" data-source="post: 8194113" data-attributes="member: 19270">Off topic from the original post concept, but altering how Death Saves work affected the death of the PC. In our homebrew, death saves are replaced with the option to keep fighting at 0hp, albeit with severe penalty. Any further damage goes to your actual &quot;hit points&quot; (aka the actual damage your body can take, we call it &quot;vitality&quot;). In this case, it removed the metagaming feature of enemies continuing to hack away at a downed PC. Players can still &quot;drop,&quot; but they run the risk of an intelligent enemy applying the finishing touch, or a ghoul stopping to feast, etc.The enemies were aiming to kill. The PCs (1) invaded their lair, (2) killed their comrades, (3) destroyed their sacred centipede hatchery (they revere vermin), (4) insulted their god, and (5) all in front of their chieftain who wasn't going to let that stand. The PC kept fighting until her heart stopped beating, which fit her Glory Paladin concept...except the part where the stories she was told about Glory didn't come true.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="touc, post: 8194113, member: 19270"] Off topic from the original post concept, but altering how Death Saves work affected the death of the PC. In our homebrew, death saves are replaced with the option to keep fighting at 0hp, albeit with severe penalty. Any further damage goes to your actual "hit points" (aka the actual damage your body can take, we call it "vitality"). In this case, it removed the metagaming feature of enemies continuing to hack away at a downed PC. Players can still "drop," but they run the risk of an intelligent enemy applying the finishing touch, or a ghoul stopping to feast, etc. The enemies were aiming to kill. The PCs (1) invaded their lair, (2) killed their comrades, (3) destroyed their sacred centipede hatchery (they revere vermin), (4) insulted their god, and (5) all in front of their chieftain who wasn't going to let that stand. The PC kept fighting until her heart stopped beating, which fit her Glory Paladin concept...except the part where the stories she was told about Glory didn't come true. [/QUOTE]

Verification