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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercule" data-source="post: 6694967" data-attributes="member: 5100">For me, temporary hit points fall almost entirely into the "it's magic" category that doesn't have a real world analog. Things like false life that manipulates the spirit/soul of the target (in some vaguely defined way) are just flat-out unrealistic, but within verisimilitude for a magical setting.One could argue that temp hit points bestowed by a Warlord would be like the adrenaline boost you get from your teammates, cheer squad, or folks in the stands when you take the field for a football game or enter the ring for sparring, both of which almost certainly involve the loss of hit points, in D&D terms. I wouldn't push it too far, but it's enough that I wouldn't fuss too much about a game mechanic for mundane temp hit points. "Don't look behind the curtain" works quite nicely -- until it doesn't; everyone has a different breaking point, and different questions push it further for each person.Not that any of that is even a remote justification for bastardizing any rules already in place. Temporary hit points don't rouse the dying. If an effect does so, it's no longer temp hit points. Either come up with some new type of thing (ick) or just call it healing and be done.</blockquote>