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Message: <blockquote data-quote="random user" data-source="post: 1564457" data-attributes="member: 16581">I follow those who think it would be very hard for the orc cleric to know that the guy wasn't dead dead, especially in the heat of battle.This isn't a situation like a drow using poison to sleep a PC or an orc or other monster seeing someone cast a hold person or sleep on a PC.  In these situations it's obvious that the PC isn't dead.I have never in my real life ever encountered someone dead nor someone who is almost dead but just bleeding out and will be dead in a minute or so, so maybe I'm wrong, but I assume that telling the difference between the two while in the midst of combat would require something like stopping and checking for a faint heart rate.Now if your orcs have a habit of sticking a sword etc into dead corpses in the middle of combat, then sure, that action is fine.  But I think that action isn't going to be that common.  Orcs and most monsters are going to make sure there are no more threats before CdG'ing dead people.  Or if you had a monster whose description says they start feeding as soon as they see dead meat, to the disregard of their own safety, or something like that, I would see it as reasonable to finish off a dying character.Just my 2cp</blockquote>