Questions tagged [character-death]
For questions about issues related to the in-game death, or threat/fear of death, of a player's character in an RPG.
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Is there a way to destabilize a character without making them fail a death save?
If this is possible, it allows an exploit: destabilize, wait for death save.
Success -> wait another turn
Failure/Critical Failure -> Cleric casts Spare the Dying, then destabilize again
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Can a creature tell when a creature succeeds or fails a death saving throw?
Using nonmagical senses, is it possible to tell:
When a creature succeeds (or fails) a death save
How many successes/failures a creature has
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As a DM, how can I use Power Word: Kill without ruining my players' fun?
I'm currently designing an encounter with a lich for my 13th-level party. They've cruised through more level-appropriate combat encounters, and they like to come up with creative ways around difficult ...
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In Princes of the Apocalypse, is this monster “supposed to” kill a player character?
In Princes of the Apocalypse Ch. 6,
has plenty of time and warning to prepare for his encounter with the party, along with the spells to do so:
He is also in possession of a powerful magic item,
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What are effective ways to revive a Zealot Barbarian? [duplicate]
I was considering playing a Zealot Barbarian and was looking at the different ways that my character could be revived. Sure, there is the classic "lug a corpse around for the rest of the dungeon ...
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What happens to the prepared spells of a wizard who dies and then is brought back to life?
I can't find anything on what happens to the prepared spells of a caster who dies.
I did find this about a PC's attunement to their magic items:
A creature's attunement to an item ends if the ...
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Can the Wildfire Druid ability Blazing Revival prevent Instant Death due to massive damage or disintegrate?
The 14th level Circle of Wildfire ability reads:
If the spirit is within 120 feet of you when you are reduced to 0 hit points and thereby fall unconscious, you can cause the spirit to drop to 0 hit ...
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Can you spend a hero point to avoid dying from gaining the dying condition?
If a PC is at wounded 3 and is brought to 0 HP, they fall unconscious and gain dying 4. Most PCs die when they reach dying 4, so the player would like to avoid this by spending all of their hero ...
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What is the "revolving door of death"?
In this Stack Exchange question, we have the following statement, given while discussing players taking on ridiculous risk.
Sometimes players bemoan the revolving door for life and death, I suspect ...
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When do you add the wounded condition value to the dying value?
A party's making me question everything. I couldn't find an official quote about the wounded value being added to your dying value everytime you increase (not dropping to 0 HP, but taking damage while ...
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Is the Path of the Zealot barbarian almost immortal at level 15?
I was looking at classes and subclasses, and saw the Path of the Zealot barbarian, and the question if it could become almost immortal came to mind. At level 14, the Path of the Zealot gains the ...
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Is there an incarnation of Death in D&D?
Simply put, I was wondering if there was a lawful neutral god whose portfolio is transporting the souls of the dead from the Material Plane to judgement. Marvel has Lady Death, the Greeks have ...
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When would I give a checkpoint to my D&D party that they can return to if they die?
My sister said she didn't like how in D&D you can die, and suggested checkpoints, what would be the best way to do that, should I have them save whenever they want, or just after major bosses?
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What happens to your soul when it get trapped in a Lich's phylactery?
All Liches have a phylactery that they use to trap souls so they can live forever. What exactly happens to those souls when they are trapped? Are they gone forever or just trapped in some magical ...
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What should I do to prepare a player for his character's death [closed]
You know a player character is going to die next session, mainly thought the stupidity of his actions (I would have to fudge too many dice rolls for him to survive). You know your player is likely to ...
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