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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tony Vargas" data-source="post: 6860144" data-attributes="member: 996">Different point, entirely.  And, yeah, it's maybe not overly useful in the middle of a game of 'rocket tag,' you can always stabilize your dropped allies after the battle.  But, still introduced in 3e.  (If not earlier.  I'd not be surprised if there were a ranged healing spell in classic D&D, and I would be surprised if there wasn't a magic item that could do it.)It's very close to negative hps - just equivalent to being able to go to a very low (high absolute value) negative hp total.  AD&D 'Death's Door' option, you have 1 hp left out of 8, you take 9, you're at -8 and will be dead in two rounds.  5e, you have 1hp left out of 8, you take 9, you're dead, but if you take 7 you're still at 0, just as if you had taken only 1.   FWIW.  Getting hit while at 0 will still kill you very quickly though.</blockquote>