Mantis wrote: ↑Fri May 30, 2025 10:43 pm
Well that escalated quickly. A 12 would have been a KO while a 4 is just straight up dead? Brutal.
Well, you roll on a d20 on the Death Check table, and subtract the damage you've gone below 0 HP from your roll. So, your HP is 1 and you got hit for 5 damage, meaning you're at -4 HP.
Your roll of 12 was thus an 8 (in the KO zone) and your roll of 4 was a 0, which means dead.
IF YOU LIKE, we can say that instead of rolling a Death Check, you lost your hat again to take no damage...or you can roll up a new character on the generator!
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