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<blockquote data-quote="Jonathan Alvear" data-source="post: 7725614" data-attributes="member: 6877087">Well, obviously temporary HP affects all damage vs. the basic B/P/S resistance.&nbsp; I think they had Fighting Spirit in mind when they wrote the text for Strength Before Death.&nbsp; So if you invoked Fighting Spirit when Strength Before Death triggered, you would have triggered the B/P/S resistance and possibly reduced the damage to below what would have taken you down to 0 HP.&nbsp; In the new version, your pool of temporary HP from Fighting Spirit may soak up enough damage to prevent you from actually going down to 0 HP by the end of the bonus turn from Strength Before Death.&nbsp; In either case, the point was that if you had any uses of Fighting Spirit left, you could invoke Fighting Spirit to potentially prevent yourself from going to 0 HP (as well as get advantage on your attacks).&nbsp; You also could activate Action Surge if you still have it.&nbsp; You could not, however, use Fighting Spirit and Rapid Strike in the same turn.&nbsp; If you survive to your next turn, you then could give up your advantage for an extra strike from Rapid Strike.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jonathan Alvear, post: 7725614, member: 6877087"] Well, obviously temporary HP affects all damage vs. the basic B/P/S resistance. I think they had Fighting Spirit in mind when they wrote the text for Strength Before Death. So if you invoked Fighting Spirit when Strength Before Death triggered, you would have triggered the B/P/S resistance and possibly reduced the damage to below what would have taken you down to 0 HP. In the new version, your pool of temporary HP from Fighting Spirit may soak up enough damage to prevent you from actually going down to 0 HP by the end of the bonus turn from Strength Before Death. In either case, the point was that if you had any uses of Fighting Spirit left, you could invoke Fighting Spirit to potentially prevent yourself from going to 0 HP (as well as get advantage on your attacks). You also could activate Action Surge if you still have it. You could not, however, use Fighting Spirit and Rapid Strike in the same turn. If you survive to your next turn, you then could give up your advantage for an extra strike from Rapid Strike. [/QUOTE]

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