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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 9005759" data-attributes="member: 6801845">Looking at the rules for vampires in 5E, the text saysMisty Escape. When it drops to 0 hit points outside its resting place, the vampire transforms into a cloud of mist (as in the Shapechanger trait) instead of falling <a href="https://www.dndbeyond.com/compendium/rules/basic-rules/appendix-a-conditions#Unconscious" target="_blank">unconscious</a>, provided that it isn’t in sunlight or running water. If it can’t transform, it is destroyed.

While it has 0 hit points in mist form, it can’t revert to its vampire form, and it must reach its resting place within 2 hours or be destroyed. Once in its resting place, it reverts to its vampire form. It is then <a href="https://www.dndbeyond.com/compendium/rules/basic-rules/appendix-a-conditions#Paralyzed" target="_blank">paralyzed</a> until it regains at least 1 hit point. After spending 1 hour in its resting place with 0 hit points, it regains 1 hit point.Later on, it also statesChained to the Grave. Every vampire remains bound to its coffin, crypt, or grave site, where it must rest by day. If a vampire didn’t receive a formal burial, it must lie beneath a foot of earth at the place of its transition to undeath. A vampire can move its place of burial by transporting its coffin or a significant amount of grave dirt to another location. Some vampires set up multiple resting places this way.My ruling would be that a vampire at 0 HP in their body is unconscious, neither the living dead nor destroyed.&nbsp; If someone were to take the body to an alternate resting place they would regain 1 HP after an hour and then continue to regain HP as normal.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 9005759, member: 6801845"] Looking at the rules for vampires in 5E, the text says [INDENT][I][B]Misty Escape.[/B][/I] When it drops to 0 hit points outside its resting place, the vampire transforms into a cloud of mist (as in the Shapechanger trait) instead of falling [URL='https://www.dndbeyond.com/compendium/rules/basic-rules/appendix-a-conditions#Unconscious']unconscious[/URL], provided that it isn’t in sunlight or running water. If it can’t transform, it is destroyed.[/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT]While it has 0 hit points in mist form, it can’t revert to its vampire form, and it must reach its resting place within 2 hours or be destroyed. Once in its resting place, it reverts to its vampire form. It is then [URL='https://www.dndbeyond.com/compendium/rules/basic-rules/appendix-a-conditions#Paralyzed']paralyzed[/URL] until it regains at least 1 hit point. After spending 1 hour in its resting place with 0 hit points, it regains 1 hit point.[/INDENT] Later on, it also states [INDENT][I][B]Chained to the Grave.[/B][/I] Every vampire remains bound to its coffin, crypt, or grave site, where it must rest by day. If a vampire didn’t receive a formal burial, it must lie beneath a foot of earth at the place of its transition to undeath. A vampire can move its place of burial by transporting its coffin or a significant amount of grave dirt to another location. Some vampires set up multiple resting places this way.[/INDENT] My ruling would be that a vampire at 0 HP in their body is unconscious, neither the living dead nor destroyed. If someone were to take the body to an alternate resting place they would regain 1 HP after an hour and then continue to regain HP as normal. [/QUOTE]

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