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Can an epic knight/death delver use Nine Lives after Loyal Beyond Death?
What if my character is a level 20 Knight (PHII) and it got the Loyal Beyond Death (Ex) class feature and also has the Nine Lives (Ex) because it is a level 10 Death Delver (HoH) as well and his HP ...
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Is death the end of an encounter for the character?
A lot of abilities/feat/tricks/spells last for what is defined as "an encounter". For example the Barbarian rage is bound by two effects linked to an encounter.
At the end of the rage, the ...
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When does character death happen?
If a character receives more damage in an attack that they have hit points and get down to -10, at what point in the round do they die. Do they die in the attacker's round? At the end of the current ...
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New Character on Player Character Death, what level?
I have just had a character death. The party are 14th level but there is little to no chance of resurrection etc (and not sure the player would want to anyway), the character was the party Cleric and ...
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What happens to a familiar if the master dies and is brought back?
If a character who has a familiar dies and is then raised via raise dead or even reincarnation, is the familiar still bound to that character or is that bond broken at character death?
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Does the Death Ward spell protect against the effect of the Implosion spell?
The death ward spell protects against death effects. Is implosion's instant death a death effect for this purpose?
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Do non-native outsiders die of old age?
Outsiders are described so:
Unlike most other living creatures, an outsider does not have a dual nature—its soul and body form one unit.
The bond between Outsiders and their Home Planes is strong, ...
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Do a creature's special abilities still function after the creature dies?
Do a creature's special abilities still function after the creature dies?
I know that, for example, the paladin's class feature Aura of Courage specifies that it doesn't function if the paladin is ...
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Damage reduction vs Dying/Bleeding Out [duplicate]
When a character has less than 0 but more than -10 HP, they are considred "dying". According to the SRD:
A dying character loses 1 hit point every round. This continues until the character dies or ...
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I am using milestone leveling, what happens when a character dies?
In D&D 3.5e, resurrection can be achieved using several different spells.
Only the 9th level spell True Resurrection, however, comes with a completely monetary cost; all other more economic ...
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Non Lethal damage and Lethal damage at 0 HP
I am unsure of how lethal and non-lethal damage interact when a character has both simultaneously.
I know if lethal damage reduces you to 0 hp you start bleeding out, and if non- lethal damage ...
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How can I bring back a dead character without resurrection?
My player's character has just died as the result of rolling natural 1 against assassin's death attack. It was a 7th level character, advancing in rogue and paladin classes.
Is another way to bring ...
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Is there a mechanic for an instant stealth kill?
I've read D&D 3.5 core books and haven't found anything useful in such a scenario - a player is approaching an unaware opponent (for instance with a dagger) and is trying to kill him by cutting ...
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Is there anything I should be wary of introducing this rule for unconsciousness into my games?
3.5 is pretty lethal, and I always felt it was a little weird that a sorcerer was unconscious for the same amount of time before dying as a barbarian. So I've been tinkering with the following house ...
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How can the DM ensure that starting PCs survive until the plot needs them to?
The campaign I'm imagining needs the 5 original level 1 PCs to…
live for 13 years to the day after the campaign's start date, and…
each be at least level 11 by that date.
Over the course of their ...
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