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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mannahnin" data-source="post: 8626028" data-attributes="member: 7026594">OD&D & Basic dead at 0, though there were occasional house rules (including one for a Save vs. Death in the RC)1E dead at 0 or -3 or -10 (with some complications) depending on whether you use the optional rule, which was extremely popular2E dead at 0 or -10 if you use the optional Death's Door rule, which was near-universal3E dead at -104E dead at -half your max HP or 3 failed death save5E dead at 3 failed death saves.On balance IME/IMO most editions/groups have put some buffer between 0 HP and dead.  Most people seem to want their game to include the option of a character being knocked unconscious/incapacitated without being killed, which is extremely common in fiction.</blockquote>