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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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What happens if I roll a 1 on a death saving throw but the result is 10 or above? [duplicate]
The death saving throw is, as both the name implies and explicitly defined in the rules, a saving throw. It also has the particular rule...
Rolling 1 or 20. When you make a death saving throw and ...
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Death Save Successes
When rolling for death saves, if you survive, you become stable on 0 hp. However, I had seen somewhere that if you end your turn on 0 hp, you must roll for death saves. So if I succeed in a death save ...
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What ways (other than advantage) are there to improve the total for a death saving throw?
What ways (other than advantage) are there to improve the total for a death saving throw?
For instance, the bless spell allows you to add 1d4 to any saving throws you make during the duration.
I'm ...
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Does a character automatically fail one death save when they drop to 0 hit points?
I have a question regarding death saves and whether anyone knows an official source that can determine this.
So according to my DM's interpretation of the RAW, if an attack brings you below zero hit ...
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What happens when an unconscious but stabilised character is hit?
At the end of this answer to a different question ("If you succeed on all of your death saving throws, what happens?"), the answer states that:
If an unconscious character is attacked, the attacker ...
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What do I do while throwing death saving throws? [closed]
A big problem I've seen with the D&D 5E system,is that throwing death throws are not fun, not engaging, and very boring.
I am playing the cleric in a party with no other healers. I get knocked ...
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Can Bardic Inspiration prevent the results of a creature rolling a 1 on a death save?
Say the creature rolled a 1 on the d20, and would have 2 failed death saves, but uses their pre-given bardic inspiration and rolls a total of 10+.
Would the creature be saved from the consequences of ...
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If a charmed creature receives a suicidal command and fails the repeated saving throw, do they commit suicide?
Both the Cambion and the Succubus/Incubus have abilities that allow them to charm a humanoid, who must then obey their commands until the charm effect is broken. However, both include clauses that ...
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If an attack causes additional damage after a saving throw, is it counted as a separate source of damage for the purpose of failed death saves?
If an attack causes additional damage after a saving throw, is it counted as a separate source of damage for the purpose of failed death saving throws? In other words, does it cause another failed ...
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Does damage vulnerability affect death saving throws?
I know that a critical hit, which deals double damage, immediately causes an unconscious creature to fail two death saving throws. Vulnerability also causes a creature to take double damage against ...
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When does the Death Saving Throw happen with respect to sources of automatic ongoing damage? [duplicate]
If a character is knocked unconscious with 0HP with a source of automatically dealt damage, for example, into a fire, and takes damage from it each turn, does the automatic Death Saving Throw failure ...
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What happens when a PC drops to 0 HP outside of combat?
All similar questions I've found are concerned with what happens if combat ends while there is an unconscious PC, but I can't find any rules regarding what happens if someone drops to 0 HP while the ...
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How can I modify attacks on creatures making Death Saves to have less Coup de Grace?
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I'm DMing a Tomb of Annihilation-based campaign and we're using Meat Grinder Mode (DC for Death saves is 15).
In the answer to this question, the probabilities of survival are discussed.
This ...
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