--- Tom Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Couple of questions: > > -----Original Message----- > From: Doug Meerschaert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 13:09:04 -0500 > Subject: [Ogf-l] Alternate HP/Con System - Thoughts? > > > One rules tweak that I considered using my players but haven't gotten > > to > > yet goes as follows: > > > > > > 1: All damage you take, down to 0 hp, is as normal. > > 2: At zero hp, you can "soak" an ammount of damage equal to your > > character level, but only from the initial attack that brings you to 0 > > hp. (A 5th level fighter with 3 hp who gets hit for 6 damage would be > > at 0, not -3.) [the players love this bit, and it works for monsters, > > too.] > > Does this go to -10 still and then you're dead? Does the soaked damage > count against any healing spells? So if said fighter gets a Cure Light and > he gets back 5 points would he be at 5 or 2 hp's? How does it apply to > spells that do continual damage? So if the fighter took 2 hps from the > spell in the first round, and then 3 in the second round, would he be at > -2 or 0?
I would figure not. It's more of a buffer to prevent the frustrating fact that most characters never see negative hit points in 3E; they go right from 10 to -12 or something like that. It's happened to more characters than I can easily recall. > > 3: [this is the part that hasn't been tested yet] After 0 hp, all > > damage > > you take is constitution damage. When your con reaches 0, you're dead, > > as normal. > > How would you regain your consitution damage once it was all over? If you > were to die because of this would a Raise Dead or Ressurection work? I believe both restore any zeroed ability scores to 1, from which you heal normally. -Mike __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
