Fun fact: A common misconception is that a nat 20 on a Death Saving Throw (DST) counts as two successes. In fact, according to the PHB pg. 197 under the bold term "Rolling 1 or 20" it says the following: "When you make a DST and roll a 1 on the d20, it counts as two failures (video was correct). If you roll a 20 on the d20, you regain 1 hit point." Just an interesting misinterpretation. Unless of course this rule was overturned in Xanathar's or a reprint of the PHB then feel free to chastise me for this comment. I'm just running on the books I do have.

@baph42

5 жыл бұрын

Beat me to it - this always provides for fun 'Ohshit' moments when the fighter who just got clobbered stands to his feet on his own volition.

@MrJoeyWheeler

5 жыл бұрын

It wasn't overturned in any reprints, it was just an error in the video. That 1 hp thing has saved the bacon of many characters in my campaigns.

@Sparrow_Bloodhunter

5 жыл бұрын

so I'm the tank of the party, I have a skill that doubles my AC for 3 turns, it's rare for me to ever take damage and while my AC is doubled all attacks towards team members magically goes to me instead. one time an enemy got extremely lucky and managed to knock me down right before my turn, I instantly rolled a nat 20 and stood back up. I started singing *"I GET KNOCKED DOWN, BUT I GET UP AGAIN, YOU'RE NEVER GONNA KEEP ME DOWN"*

@volk551

5 жыл бұрын

But the beauty of D&D is you can change the rules to make the game more brutal or less brutal as you wish if you're the dungeon master.

@okuraorca

5 жыл бұрын

@@patrickcanttype Actually the death from massive damage is an actual rule. All rules *are* optional and can be changed, but the massive damage is a standard rule, so like, getting roasted by an ancient red dragon at level 1 =/= death saving throws. It's just plain death.

You can also use a Healer's Kit to stabilize a dying person without making a medicine check. Like spare the dying but with money.

@FrostSylph

5 жыл бұрын

Because why bother with faith and dedication to a God when you can do the same thing with the power of MOOOONNNNEEEEEYYYYYYYY!

@otakon17

5 жыл бұрын

@@FrostSylph is there a bard class that specializes in flaunting wealth?

@rob98000

3 жыл бұрын

Pay to win

@toastedt140

3 жыл бұрын

@@otakon17 Technically the noble background says you should always spend the most on housing and food you can.

@Zombiewithabowtie

3 жыл бұрын

With the Healer feat, they also regain 1hp. It's like a Nat 20, but with money.

Don’t forget the (unofficial but very commonly used) Chunky Salsa Rule! "Any situation that would reduce a character's head to the consistency of chunky salsa dip is fatal, regardless of other rules." God, I love roleplaying games.

@OniNoSweeney

5 жыл бұрын

Ah, the old ShadowRun grenade in an elevator rule.... that was a good edition!

@FrostSylph

5 жыл бұрын

@@OniNoSweeney what's this rule you speak of?

@OniNoSweeney

5 жыл бұрын

"The Chunky Salsa" rule from SR 2nd edition: pretty much, if you set off a grenade in an enclosed space, you would first take the damage. Then, if the damage in the blast radius couldn't exceed the toughness of the walls, the rest of the damage reflected back inside the enclosed space.... from each wall! Hen if the blast was big enough and strong enough, more damage could then reflect back off all the walls again, potentially taking 5 Serious wounds, followed by 3 Serious wounds four times, and then 1 Serious wound four more times, (total of 20 Serious Wounds) when the average character will have 8 wounds to take before your dead. It was the first actual printing of the phrase "Chunky Salsa Rule".

funfact if you are downed anyone with magic missile can just outright kill you for one spell slot

@boa_firebrand

3 жыл бұрын

for those who do not know the specifics for magic missile, RAW read each 1d4+1 as a separate attack meaning casting MM at level one is three auto-hit attacks blockable only by full cover, 120-240ft distance, or the spell shield.

@dustinjones7458

2 жыл бұрын

Counterpoint, you can Fog Cloud on a downed ally for the cost of one spell slot as well, it will heavily obscure i.e full cover anyone in that area-magic missile requires a visual contact of a creature to target, so the evil mage will be foiled. Won't help against fireball tho!

@nuru666

2 жыл бұрын

@@dustinjones7458 I was going to retort to your post with "Ah yes, but Fireball doesn't give shit about your silly fog cloud." but you're on your game :D

@e4ehco21

2 жыл бұрын

@@nuru666 but wouldn't that only count as one

@nuru666

2 жыл бұрын

@@e4ehco21 Honestly I'd have to go back and look but I think you're right, it would only count as.

Great Animation, however there was one mistake in 5e DnD rolling a 20 on a death save instantly restores 1 hp so you are back in combat.

@BatteryPlaza

5 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure that's a homebrew thing, but I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure he got it right since there are only the things he described that can have you regain hp.

@OnlyMagoran

5 жыл бұрын

@@BatteryPlaza p.197 of the PHB, under Death Saving Throws: "Rolling 1 or 20. When you make a death saving throw and roll a 1 on the d20, it counts as two failures. If you roll a 20 on the d20, you regain 1 hit point."

@littleratfella6857

5 жыл бұрын

I have acknowledged the council's decision, but considering it's a stupid ass decision, I'm electing to ignore it

@Meichrob7

5 жыл бұрын

No it’s in the official rules. The “Nat 20 is two pass saves” is actually the homebrew thing.

@BatteryPlaza

5 жыл бұрын

@@OnlyMagoran Woah what? That's cool, I must have recalled it from 3.5 or something, but that's good to know, thanks!

One minor nitpick, at least for rules as written: If you roll a 20 on a death save, you instantly gain one hitpoint, effectively putting you back in the fight.

When a dragon asks if you've come to look upon its majesty YOU SAY YES!

You got to feel bad for that poor girl. When she was awake and conscious all her friends were still there but when she woke up after being knocked out only one friend was left alive. The only bonus that she gets is that she didn't have to watch her friends die one by one.

Our paladin was chasing down a bandit leader. Both were at low hit points. It was a long grueling fight and he used all his lay on hands for the rest of the dying party. The final showdown the bandit leader rolled a nat 20, took our paladin to 0, and as he had multi attack (within 5ft giving him a critical) and took him down to 2 failed death saves. It took the rest of the party to catch up to our paladin and he died 1 turn before we could get to him with healing spells. It was such an emotional moment. Some of our party pummeled the fleeing bandit leader until he was nothing but ashes, and the healer tried administering healing spells to our dead friend to no avail. I don’t think I’ll ever forget how cinematic that moment felt

@kagekiyamitenshi7262

3 жыл бұрын

Rivivify?

@littleblueclovers

3 жыл бұрын

@@kagekiyamitenshi7262 We didn’t have that spell. We were level 2 or 3 at the time 😅

The one time I've ever seen anyone go unconscious was me. Then I rolled a four and a one on my death saves. Fortunately the GM remembered at that point that he'd accidentally skipped the turn of an NPC that could use Lay On Hands in the previous round, so he allowed me to retroactively return to life as if the NPC in question had done so.

@chompythebeast

2 жыл бұрын

If you've been playing for a long time, only seeing one player go down sounds like a bad thing. Unless you're not really playing combat-heavy campaigns or something, I guess

Note that if you are making death saves, you are unconscious and therefore you become prone, which means that attacks not within 5 ft. also have disadvantage, so they are just flat.

@SamJ.J.

2 жыл бұрын

Do some abilities nullify disadvantage to prone creatures?

@missmorbid1439

2 жыл бұрын

@@SamJ.J. Yes, Rogues get Elusive at 18th level, so there’s no way for an enemy to have advantage against you, unless you’re incapacitated

@if7723

2 жыл бұрын

Well that's not inherently true. You could be in a chair or manacled to a wall. Unconsciousness doesn't warp reality around you.

@BandanaDrummer95

2 жыл бұрын

@@if7723 the rules as written indicate that reality is warped. Granted, in these niche circumstances, a DM probably would overrule that to be more reasonable

@BandanaDrummer95

2 жыл бұрын

@@missmorbid1439 I'm not sure if elusive would help as it isn't advantage being gained against but rather disadvantaged being imposed. I'd have to double check, though

Just recognized Wades in Shadows. He went through a lot.

Heyyy! I just realized Tanzy's friend was Wades In Shadows! Neat.

@crodthesorrysap4165

3 жыл бұрын

yeah, wasn't he from the cold road or something?

@noobauditor2898

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, I think this is the prequel for cold road 😅

@carsonrush4152

3 жыл бұрын

@@noobauditor2898, I was thinking it was a sequel, since Cold Roads says his party consisted of Sweet William the human and 4 dragonborns.

@somethingotherthanmyrealname

3 жыл бұрын

@@carsonrush4152 He also still had at least one of the magical cigars from Wick.

@carsonrush4152

3 жыл бұрын

@@somethingotherthanmyrealname, how could you tell he had the cigar? What do you mean?

_Magic Missile the unconscious_ *INSTANT DEATH!!!*

@kevinmeeker2832

2 жыл бұрын

O.O

@fisch37

Ай бұрын

That's when you really messed with the DM. So... thanks, I'll remember that

Grave Domain Clerics being able to cast the Spare the Dying Cantrip as a Bonus Action at 30 feet when only level 1 has probably saved so many low level lives.

Are we not going to talk about how a pc that only had 13 hp wanted to track down a dragon?

@connorpratt8364

2 жыл бұрын

If you're talking about the fighter, it is probably due to the trap that Zee mentioned earlier- it might've just messed him up bad

@sploofmcsterra4786

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I would've short rested or healed somehow. Healing potions people!

*Fun & awesome fact about MONKS .* *At level 14 .* *Monks gain proficiency in all SAVING THROWS .* *This includes Death saving throws as confirmed by Jeremy Crawford .* *Also as a kicker in the same ability .* *If a monk fails a saving throw .* *They can spend a Ki point to reroll and take the second roll .*

@williamwontiam3166

3 жыл бұрын

Between that and the immunity to old age, you can REALLY piss off a lich.

@Wolfphototech

3 жыл бұрын

@@williamwontiam3166 Ah yes , Timeless body . Also don't need to eat and drink .

@jrgenchristensen7240

3 жыл бұрын

Haha, yeaa😄 I wish Timeless body prevented death from old age, then litches would stright up hate monks.

@Wolfphototech

3 жыл бұрын

@@jrgenchristensen7240 Yeah it does not stop natural aging . Only neutralizes the negatives of old age & stops magical aging .

@milltary64vs5

3 жыл бұрын

Just for fun add a paladins 6th level Aura of protection being a +5 to all saves too XD

You can actually add modifiers to Death Saves if something affects saving throws in general, such as the bless spell, bardic inspiration or a paladin’s aura. Monk’s actually become proficient in all saving throws at high levels, including death saves.

@ianmoone8640

5 жыл бұрын

Anjanae Taylor I actually had to look that up, particularly the monks diamond soul ability, but yeah it counts for all those. I'll keep that in mind from now on

@ANDELE3025

5 жыл бұрын

You can modify death saves total value, but it doesnt matter because success and failure isnt dictated the result of the modified total of the save itself, its the roll result of the dice that counts, thus nothing short of advantage/luck can influence them.

@anjanaetaylor3222

5 жыл бұрын

ANDELE3025 That’s not true at all except in the case of natural 1s or natural 20s. The DC of success for a death save is 10. If the d20 is an 8 and I roll a 3 on a d4 for bless, I’ve beat the DC of 10 and it counts as a success, just like any other saving throw.

@jrgenchristensen7240

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I was looking for something like this in the comments, and learned something new.

@jaxryz_380

3 жыл бұрын

and you can also use Flash of Genius on other people's death saves, or initiative rolls

ACTUALLY. If you get a crit fail it counts as 2 failed death saving throws (as you said) BUT, a crit success instantly heals you 1 hit point. Currently holding the book in front of me.

@Anonymouzor

5 жыл бұрын

oh!

@callmegoats

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah I remembered that too.

Fun fact. According to Jeremy Crawford, in 5e Monks gets to add their proficiency bonus to death saves once they hit the right level and get their class ability. The ability gives you proficiency in all saving throws, death saving throws count according to the designer

@snakeorbreak6258

5 жыл бұрын

the ability is called "diamond soul"

@futuza

4 жыл бұрын

That's super neat, thanks for sharing.

PHB: Monk, Diamond Soul: Your mastery of Ki grants you proficiency in "all" Saving Throws. Me: My DM: Sounds legit

@thehiddenninja3428

4 жыл бұрын

Additionally, whenever you make a saving throw and fail, you can spend 1 ki point to reroll it and take the 2nd result. So not only are you proficient, you also have advantage.

@rileysimpson6536

4 жыл бұрын

Its not really advantage. Advantage is taking the higher result. If the 1st roll was a 9, and the 2nd roll was a 1, you'd have to take the 2 death save fails

@thehiddenninja3428

4 жыл бұрын

@@rileysimpson6536 Ah, you're right. It only works like advantage 95% of the time.

@rileysimpson6536

4 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@jpereda97

4 жыл бұрын

@@rileysimpson6536 You reroll the failed save, not a new one. So yes, it would work like advantage, only you have to spend a ki point and can decide to do so after seeing the first roll's result

"Only one party member remained" Is that Wades in Shadows?

@brano13177

3 жыл бұрын

It honestly looks like it is. The plot and backstory thickens....

@XpaceTrue

3 жыл бұрын

It really was a [?]ick move by the DM to put the party in that position. The DM had to have known that pitting them against a *dragon* would mean *certain* death - esp. if there were only 2 characters left, esp. since the dragon was using a clever illusion to get the jump on them, and *esp.* because one of the two characters was severely wounded anyway. I say this from experience, playing under a humdinger of a [?]ick DM. I despise [?]ick DMs. Such experiences made me hate D&D as a system.

@Liam_The_Great

3 жыл бұрын

@@XpaceTrue why do they make you hate D&D?

@XpaceTrue

3 жыл бұрын

​@@Liam_The_Great My very first experience with a tabletop roleplaying game was D&D. Unfortunately - and my friends and fellow players will freely attest to this - the DM was a complete jerk. Towards the end, this DM even admitted to my face that the only reason he is interested in running campaigns was to see us squirm in our seats, see the expressions on our faces and witness how we react as our party fails spectacularly and gets wiped. Every time, he sets our party up to fail.

@XpaceTrue

3 жыл бұрын

​@@Liam_The_Great It was very rare for a character to last long enough to level. We were constantly rolling up new characters. Based on how he ran campaigns, this DM was Neutral Evil with Chaotic tendencies. He was diabolical. He bent the rules to make us more likely to fail and gave us hope when there was none. The only reason we kept coming was because roleplaying was new and interesting to us (we were young) and he was the only one with the sourcebooks and willing to run campaigns.

Funny thing about this video, the visual for getting hit for your max HP instant killing you, made me misinterpret it to be Half your max HP under 0, so if you had 60 Max HP and got to -30 you died. I DM a campaign and when I brought this up my players all cleared it up for me, so I didn't fuck anyone over YET. (Also one of them said that death saving throw failures stayed on a character when they get healed up and we all looked at him like "???" and turns out he had one really mean DM)

The only other party member alive after the Druid wakes up looks like Wades In Shadows from the Cold Road episodes.

@SteamTitan

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I was watching that and looks like it. So this might be early cold road cause they did say they had lost most of their party when chasing the kenku

I often play enemies according to how I think they'd function. Basic undead know you aren't dead yet and have no concept of self preservation. Meaning they are relatively easy to kite and trick but if you go down they will keep wailing until you are as dead as they are. Most beasts have some sense of self preservation and prefer to down an active threat before finishing off a downed enemy. Humanoids are a coin toss. The more vengeful ones may prefer to finish PCs off while others may prefer to deal with the active thread first.

Back in 1990, I created a D&D character and named him using a completely random name generator. His name? Zee Walsul Every other player in the campaign gave me he'll for that. "What kind of name is Zee? that is stupid!" Feeling vindicated now.

@elderswanderingcircus2341

5 жыл бұрын

If only you kept talking with the effeminate German accent you could sell that name.

@jaxryz_380

3 жыл бұрын

I like the name Zee-

@elderswanderingcircus2341

3 жыл бұрын

@Tazerfish ahahah, my comment was from 2 years ago and in the meantime I learned intermediate German so hearing this stuff from that comment is fascinating. I guess one could create a halfling named Zee with foot fetish. They have to be seeing more legs and feet than torso and faces.

Story: Table rules nat 20 on death is wake up prone with 1 hp. My Revived rogue went down 2 times with 2 nat 20s and back in the fight. The party was beginning to win and the dm had me roll an intimidation check since I simply... wouldn't. .. die. The mobs fled and we continued on the quest! Limping.

@sketch-rstuff1017

Жыл бұрын

That's pretty sick Man, that would be pretty intimidating to stab, strike or what have You and they just keep arising, It'd create a systematic panic for sure.

@benjaminjackson8713

Жыл бұрын

That's not a table rule though, that's RAW. Zee is mistaken here when he says it counts as 2 saves.

As many others have said, you regain consciousness with 1 HP on a critical success, but the other thing I'd point out is that your rolls can have a modifier on your save. If you're in a paladin's aura of protection, you get to add their CHA bonus as long as the pally is conscious herself. There might be other things that apply. Basically it's a saving throw, so if you have an ability that affects "saving throws" generally, it should work. Indomitable should let you reroll a death save for instance.

@KanuckStreams

3 жыл бұрын

Technically Bardic Inspiration can work too!

@TheKirbstomper

2 жыл бұрын

@@KanuckStreams Bardic inspiration working on a death save is basically when a side character in an anime calls the protagonists name and he gets back up.

“this is why you run death ward kids” -that one cleric

2:56 Wades in Shadows Cameo. Also just realized the druid appeared in the puzzle video.

@rupdip2212

2 жыл бұрын

Also in the puzzel video wades and poke were in, plus the druid. But no daveh, instead a loxodon named dafi (i think). I wonder what happend to lead up to the puzzel video

My best friend learned about the death rules really quick in his first campaign. We were doing a quickie for his birthday, with our party (goliath wizard, turtle guy monk, and a kobold cleric because we wanted to mess around for a one-off) coming up to a large tower in an open field that we had been sent to to retrieve an ancient staff which we naturally intended to keep for ourselves. My character (the goliath wizard) kicked in the door to the tower, and it was pitch black inside, as well as eerily quiet. The kobold leaned in to see what she could find with her dark vision and it looked like a totally normal room, though she couldn't see the whole thing due to its size. Then, my friend (the monk) got impatient, so he picked her up and chucked her into the center of the room. Critical success. His first ever roll. Yeah, our *healer* just got thrown like a baseball into a giant spider nest on the far end that she couldn't see. Long story short the battle SHOULDN'T have been difficult, except our only source of health was desperately fleeing for her life further into the building (kobolds are not smart) and the DM was rolling HOT. Somehow, the monk that we deliberately made tanky to AVOID anything like this got completely overwhelmed by the one giant spider in front of him coupled with the two small but venomous spiders on his back (which had disadvantage because of the shell). Unconsious in his first combat encounter because he went a bit chaotic stupid and got insanely bad luck afterwards. The DM let me roll for medicine and heal him a bit because that sucks for your first ever campaign. It was a fun session though, we even tamed one of the spiders.

@enderwho5790

8 ай бұрын

𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚢 𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐

A ranged attack on a prone character causes disadvantage, so a ranged attack ends up being a standard attack since they are also prone unless the PC is somehow unconscious standing up.

@SpiderconPrime

3 жыл бұрын

But unconcious is an auto crit right, so itd hit no matter what

@thundersheild926

3 жыл бұрын

@@SpiderconPrime that's not what autocrit means. Autocrit means you crit on any SUCCESSFUL hit, but if your attack misses, you still do no damage.

@SpiderconPrime

3 жыл бұрын

@@thundersheild926 right but crit while unconcious is 5es coup de grace is it not?

@thundersheild926

3 жыл бұрын

​@@SpiderconPrime Not quite. When you an unconscious target with a crit, they get 2 failed death saving throws, not enough to kill them outright. Also, double checking the rules, you only get the autocrit if you are within 5 feet of the target, so ranged attacks don't even get it.

@wisecraft3222

2 жыл бұрын

an interesting point as well: RAW, for a prone creature, whether you have advantage or disadvantage on your attack is based on how far away you are, not the type of attack, so if you make a ranged attack, but from within 5 feet, it has advantage (or neutral if the creature is still concious, because ranged attack in melee with a hostile creature imposes disadvantage) or if you have a reach weapon and make a melee attack from 10 feet away it has disadvantage instead. Just a silly little quirk of RAW.

Dragons: when a monster only fights intelligently for entertainment; not because they need toto win.

OH MY GOD TANZEE LOOKS SO CUTE

@kevinbarber2795

3 жыл бұрын

She does :)

And then there's Zealot Barbarians, who look at death and say "No"

"The elemental steps on your head to make sure you are dead." ~Matt Colville, Villain, Game Master, and quickest funded Kickstarter creator ever.

Fun fact, the Monk ability Diamond Soul, that gives proficiency with all saving throws. Death Saving throws are technically under that umbrella, so you can become proficient in death saves

@inqivan

5 жыл бұрын

Pally Pro Aura also can add to this.

@Dan-un2pq

5 жыл бұрын

@@inqivan As can Ring of protection (or general items of protection that give + to saves)

@cardboard-boxgames9308

5 жыл бұрын

I didn’t know about any of those, that’s really cool.

*war flashbacks of my bard falling into a spike trap, bleeding out below while my entire group forgot and carried on with a conversation*

Also, a Death Saving Throw is... a saving throw. So anything you have that gives you a bonus to saves, like a certain cantrip, does so here too.

@thewonderfullymadejaraid7015

2 жыл бұрын

Paladins be like: it's free real estate

@newsystembad

2 жыл бұрын

@@thewonderfullymadejaraid7015 Paladins have to be conscious for their aura to work, so they can't benefit from it themselves. HOWEVER, their allies _can_ make use of it.

@cryamistellimek9184

2 жыл бұрын

@@newsystembad Or lay on hands if you have a paladin.

@knightofwandss

Жыл бұрын

Consider the monk and its proficiency in _all saves_

Last Saturday, our most recent session, we fought against several naval captains (and may have started a war in the process, more at 11). As the evasion tank of the group, I (lv 5 Kensei Monk with a buffed AC of 23) decided to keep the leader busy while my squishy comrades started clearing out the rest. This big bad hombre had 3 attacks, and made attack rolls of 25, 27, and a Nat 20. This guy hit *hard.* The first 2 hits were enough to knock me down to 0 hp, and the DM regretfully said "I already rolled to attack, so I suppose he stabs you in the gut while you're on the floor." On the ground, on the opposite side of a wall of fire, with 2 failed death saving throws already. Immediately afterwards, it was my turn. The situation *did not look good.* Sometimes, you already know what's going to happen, and rather than mourn, you gain a zen-like attitude; no sense fighting the inevitable. Before rolling my DST, I said to the party, in character: "Men, it's been an honor." Nat. Goddamn. 1. The first death in the campaign, and it could not have been more poetic. Let this be a lesson to all, no matter how well things seem to be going, no matter how high of a hill you believe yourself to be on, it can all come crashing down in one, single moment.

I just noticed that the only other surviving member at the end is Wades in Shadows

guys look who saved the druid.....its wades in shadows! from cold road

One spell I love, and hope to see you cover is the Heat Metal spell. So we were trespassing on a pirate ship, and behold, our Rouge tripped the alarm. This trapped us on the ship, as the gangplank was then guarded. My Bard then saw that one of them was in Metal Armour. He retrieved a small hunk of Iron from his satchel, and using some fire from the wizard's spells, cast it on that Armour. Rolling for max damage, and a bonus action to do it again, the pirate turned out to be made of water, and was promptly evaporated. So that was the day I fell in love with the heat metal, and the day I first truly fell in love with D&D.

Rolling a 20 on your death save restores 1 hp allowing you to regain consciousness.

The hardest part in dnd for me is dealing with a characters death that you've become developed and so attached with. Like seeing your favorite character from tv dying.

A doctor once told me the secret to not dying was just not to do it. "It's not worth it," he said. So he suggested becoming a Long Death Monk or a Zealot Barbarian, so I could laugh in the face of death.

so the fighter had 51 or less max HP? fighting a dragon with a 66 damage breath attack? hmm

@52nerfguy

5 жыл бұрын

I was going to say that seems unfair

@karinamimi

5 жыл бұрын

6d6

@Rathkryn

5 жыл бұрын

@@52nerfguy There's a D&D meme that states: _There's a lot going on in the world. Not all of it is going to be your level._ Sometimes the players need to either be diplomatic or they just need to run.

@52nerfguy

5 жыл бұрын

@@karinamimi For which number, because that's still 36 max

@karinamimi

5 жыл бұрын

@@52nerfguy The breath attack, so it's even lower than you think

Poor girl's friends died. The silver lining of this is least one survive and she didn't have to watch them die

And of course with the Colville reference. Never not step on players heads (if thats the game they wanna play, or its shadowrun)

I’ve only just realised, the other living party member was the black dragonborne from the cold road

@Overclocked-nm2vu

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it’s wades in shadows, I believe the adventures are linked (or zee got lazy)

@videogollumer

4 жыл бұрын

@@Overclocked-nm2vu I think they're linked. Wades and Tansy were both in the party from The Countdown Puzzle video along with a Luxodon named Dafyd and Frost Goblin named Poke.

@Alizudo

3 жыл бұрын

Zee always uses character models consistently as far as I can tell. If you recognize someone from separate videos, they're the same person

Also worth noting, folks: Death Saves can be modified by spells and special class features. Bless will get you the same 1d4 it gets any other Saving Throw, and a 6th level Paladin can be even more of a godsend.

@eddiemate

4 жыл бұрын

Not to mention how high level Monks get proficiency in all saving throws. _That includes death saves_

@deadmuffinman

4 жыл бұрын

Wait so a plus three ring of protection on a level 20 monk would be +6 proficiency plus three from ring to all saves which would be plus 9... so anything not a nat one, which has it's own rules, is a success. Or am i missing something

@MrSilvUr

4 жыл бұрын

@@deadmuffinman Yeah, that sounds right to me. If I were running, I might get a little loose with the interpretations also: It says a nat 1 counts as two failures, but it doesn't say that a nat 1 doesn't preclude you from succeeding the Save. If you could get a +9 to your Death Save at my table, you might be able to score a success in tandem with scoring those two failures. That's me being a cheeky DM for my players and shouldn't be an explanation for how the rules are intended. Don't expect like treatment from your DM; it's rude. :-D

@Florkl

4 жыл бұрын

deadmuffinman I mean +3 rings of protection don’t exist outside of broken homebrew, but you could stack a cloak of protection, a ring of protection, and a stone of good luck to get the same effect at the expense of all your attunement slots. Unless you’re an artificer. Then you can attune up to 6 items and add the number of attuned items to saving throws, giving you the +9 while still having attunement slots available. At that point, anything but the auto-fail of a nat 1 will pass.

@sagecolvard9644

3 жыл бұрын

@@deadmuffinman The only issue with this is that +3 rings of protection don't exist in 5e.

A small bit of errata: 1. I'm sure everyone knows that Nat 20's give you 1 hp not 2 successes. 2. Your death saving throws can have modifiers, it just doesn't have an ability modifier. If you have an active spell or ability that gives you a bonus to all saving throws, that includes death saving throws. 3. All attacks made against unconcious creature do have advantage, but because the creature is also prone, all attacks from a distance greater than 5 feet have disadvantage. Since instances of advantage and disadvantage cancel, then attacks made from more that 5 feet are at neutral. Effectively, if you are further than 5 feet, you attack without advantage or disadvantage and a hit counts as a death save failure. You also cannot agin advantage or disadvantage since any instances of one cancels all instances of the other and you already have both advantage and disadvantage. So for example, attacking an unconcious creature with a bow beyond its normal range. You get advantage from the creature being unconcious and disadvantage from being more than 5 feet from the prone creature and from being outside the bow's normal range. Even though you have more sources of disadvantage, they don't cancel in pairs. If you have any number of advantages and any number of disadvantages, you are comsidered to have none of either. So adding more advantages doesn't help and adding more disadvantages doesn't hurt. Ideally, of course, you would get within 5 feet. You have advantage and auto-crit on a hit, dealing 2 death save failures.

@Daktangle

2 жыл бұрын

Examples of bonuses to the saving throw include Monk's Diamond Soul giving them proficiency in *all* saving throws, and Paladin's Aura of Protection granting their Charisma modifier to *all* saving throws made by all allies withing 10 feet of them, including themselves. The paladin one turns on when they fall unconcious, but the monk one is always on, so paladins make sure to run around protecting your fallen buddies!

@nickcampbell3812

2 жыл бұрын

@@Daktangle thanks for the examples! I knew examples existed, but I personally haven't had one occur in play.

@catlover-fp5ig

Жыл бұрын

Does that mean that if you have 3 levels of exhaustion (or something else which gives disadvantage on saving throws) you get disadvantage on death saves? Because ouch!

@Daktangle

Жыл бұрын

@@catlover-fp5ig Yeeeeep, anything that gives a universal modifier to saving throws affects death saving throws as well.

A crit save on a death save wakes you up with 1 hp

@Upsilon1984

5 жыл бұрын

I think that's a 5E rule right?

@rcnrbn

5 жыл бұрын

@@Upsilon1984 That's the edition Zee is animating for.

@QuirkyView

5 жыл бұрын

@@Upsilon1984 "(animated) D&D 5E Character Death" my guy

@Upsilon1984

5 жыл бұрын

The both of you miss understand, in the video he stated that a natural 20 gives you two death saves successes, however you are stating that a natural 20 returns the players hit points to 1. I am asking whether both rules are in the 5E players handbook. Edit: my bad for the poorly worded question.

I'm still waiting on a video of that guy shouting: "Transmutation is the key, my boys!"

@vashmty

5 жыл бұрын

Tiberius! He mentioned in a stream that he had to find more info on the player since he didnt kept in touch with him

Nat 20 on a death save sets you at 1 hp, and allows you to act on that turn. Monk diamond soul gives proficiency in all saves, including death saves. Paladin aura of protection applies its bonus to death saves as its a save.

Regarding the "step on the head, to make a you're dead": In military/combat strategy, it's usually highly inadvisable to keep on attacking an incapacitated enemy, as killing them completely doesn't affect the enemies force strength, wastes attacks that can be used on still active combatants AND leaving wounded alive ties up more of those still active combatants in helping them instead of attacking you.

@beauvillamor621

2 жыл бұрын

while this is true in real life, in Dnd were you can be back at full fighting compacity from nothing more but a good nights sleep and being at less then 100% hp has no bearing on how effective of a fighter you are, it makes sense to "finish the job" as it were

@Dinonumber

2 жыл бұрын

Especially where magic healing exists where a "disabled" enemy can jump up and right back into the fight

@Rixoli

2 жыл бұрын

@@beauvillamor621 Indeed, In settings where magic is common and capable of mending wounds and (in some cases) even fully regenerating limbs or organs with little more than a few chanted words or acquired non-medical goods (components for the spell), it makes 100% sense to make sure the crazy murderhobo that just ran roughshod through your village stays down.

@brendanmatthews8236

11 ай бұрын

Coup de grace existed before Geneva Conventions...

@chrisf5170

4 ай бұрын

​@@beauvillamor621however the action economy is very important in the Dnd and in the action economy if you are not using your turn to benefit your side in one way (doing damage, shutting down other people's actions, debuffing enemies, buffing allies, ect) you're hurting your one sided action economy. Because in Dnd whichever side takes the most actions tends to win. A unconscious creature can't take any actions so using your action to attack it would be not befitting your team's action economy even if it makes it most difficult for the player own has been knocked down. And to be fair both Players and DM both Veterans and Newies wast their actions all the time, often without realizing it. And I think it depends on the creature if it is realistic or resemble to assume they'd make sure you are dead. I'd say it's ironically the Dumber Creatures like Zombies that would make sure you're dead, while smarter Creatures must just assume that it's better to attack the people who are still doing stuff as apposed to the guy who just got knocked unconscious.

you should make a video about how to cope with the prospect of your character dying. as loathe as i might be to admit it, some people, myself included, just get too invested in their own characters always remember: you control how your character came to be and what drives them to do what it is that they do. you have very little control beyond that as to how your character's story will play out. that is up to the will of the gm and the eldritch gods that dwell within your dice.

@OriasRofocale

5 жыл бұрын

I think in part it depends on what kind of game you are playing. If you want it to be more about the characters and their storyline, then it's probably better to be more lenient, especially right at the start if you really want them to be level 1s. If it's like one of those detailed backstory and heavy world building, it isn't so easy to start that over repeatedly due to a bad roll. If however, it's more about the battles and the characters are just the vehicle, then changing them isn't such a big deal.

@aganaom1712

5 жыл бұрын

@@OriasRofocale that's still up to the gm to decide. it's his world. not the player's.

@Reoh0z

5 жыл бұрын

Every character death is the doorway to a new character's birth.

@OriasRofocale

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but I spent literal years on this one concept, and if I only got to use it once after spending months doing art and setting up a detailed backstory, I would be livid. Not all of us play hardcore more in games, or at least not all the time. I mean if the character dies later, that I could cope with, but right off the bat it would be too much effort for too little use. Again, it really depends on what you want out of it, I don't think there's one right or wrong answer and it probably comes down to knowing what your group wants too.

@OriasRofocale

5 жыл бұрын

Actually, it's kind of both the players and the GMs world. Without players, the GM is just writing a novel. If a GM doesn't care at all what the players want or just seeks to make them unhappy, then the experience of the game is not going to be very satisfying for either side.

I saw somewhere that a DM should do the death saving throws for that player behind their screen because the other players might make choices based on knowing the results of their party member's DST which would be meta gaming.

@jonr4651

2 жыл бұрын

Ehhh me rolling behind a screen would not diminish their ability to count to three. They are going to prioritize the down player by the following turn.

@tsunamiscientist568

2 жыл бұрын

@@jonr4651 Well, yeah. That’s the point. It’s more urgent.

@BonnieBoestar

2 жыл бұрын

@@jonr4651 Its more that you won't know if they're doing good or bad on their saving throws. In practice you can actually have MORE than 3 turns if the player rolls a mix of successes and failures (up to 5, on the 6th turn they'd HAVE to either stabilize or die). The party should no know this, as it would be meta gaming. They ALSO won't know if the player *already* died or stabilized. Even its been 10 turns since your bard went down, as long as you keep the death saving throws secret (and your player doesn't ruin the surprise OOC) then the party won't know if the character is dead or not, and will have to make the decision of whether they should try and help what might be a corpse. It makes for some VERY fun character interactions!

When it comes to kicking a downed character, i always do it based on what i believe the enemies personality would be. A common orc would probably move on to the nearest threat when their current one is down. But a girallon zombie would savagely rip apart the first thing it gets one of its many hands on.

On a natural 20 you gain 1 hp and can act on your turn.

@BlphBain

Жыл бұрын

lmfao 💀 that would be funny

@maxfreeman2741

11 ай бұрын

No I don’t think so

@josephdbeecher

11 ай бұрын

@@maxfreeman2741no you do, RAW

@eliezeririzarry247

11 ай бұрын

​@@josephdbeecherI've done it twice in games. It's the best feeling in D&D, especially since you resolve death saves at the start of your turn

@solsystem1342

10 ай бұрын

I legitimately had this happen four times in a row for an npc. The player put them back down each round but they just got back up. Fortunately, I misremembered that they got back up on the end of their turn rather than the start so I didn't kill the pc through a stupid amount of luck. And that's why I homebrewed Haha to crit on death saves 50% of the time.

Nope, a crit success instantly brings you up with 1 HP.

@cork1576

5 жыл бұрын

This is correct. Nat 20 on death save brings you to 1 HP. If you are brought to 0 HP again, you have to roll for death saves but ignore any previous successes or failures.

@Ignisrex

5 жыл бұрын

was just about to say the same, nat20 on a death save is the best thing that can happen, your character is stable and conscious, so nothing can really stop you to take your turn this round

Attacks against unconscious targets do have advantage, but anyone who's unconscious is likely to also be prone. So ranged attacks will also be at disadvantage, making them normal again. So just the melee attacks at advantage in most situations.

My DM loves to triple tap an unconscious player with a level 1 magic missile...

@bananagamr8180

Жыл бұрын

Fun fact, since technically all damage is done at once it only counts as one attack against the downed person!

@restlessfrager

Жыл бұрын

@@bananagamr8180 You sure?

@Blademaster145

Жыл бұрын

@@bananagamr8180 no that's not true cause otherwise magic missile would only cause one concentration check which it causes 3

@chrisboi584

Жыл бұрын

Your DM sounds like a jerk.

@InsanoRider777

Жыл бұрын

​@@bananagamr8180 Magic Missile is three separate hits, meaning instant death to a downed player.

My goliath fighter had a traumatic experience with griffins at level 2. He fought four of them at one time and kept going down but I kept rolling nat 20s on my death saves so I kept just getting back up. Needles to say I ate all of those flying chickens

I'm a novice DM playing with novice players so I've kind of ignored death mechanics, saying "0 hp? You're unconscious." Then saying that by some bullshit means they're fine a few turns later. I'm glad I have the real mechanics laid out here.

Thing to note is that abilities which give bonuses on *all* saving throws specifically, like those of the paladin and monk, do in fact also apply,to death saving throws.

A nat 20 on a death save stabilizes you and revives you with 1hp if I'm not mistaken

@alexbrauner9417

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe in a past edition, no a natural 20 counts as 2 successes. Nat 1 is 2 failures. By your logic a nat 1 should be insta death.

@stevenowen5821

5 жыл бұрын

Just checked it. Dnd 5e - nat 20 gives you 1hp while a nat 1 equals 2 death fails

@ianmoone8640

5 жыл бұрын

Alex Brauner no he is correct, nat 20 bring you back at the start of your turn with one hit point.

Man. Wades been through some shit...

Important question: why are players of a level where their fighter has less than 50 max HP fighting a freaking ADULT BLUE DRAGON WITH WIZARD LEVELS? They're what, level 5, vs a CR14 monster?

@buckhunt6832

5 жыл бұрын

I agree

@tiaxanderson9725

5 жыл бұрын

Judging from what little information we have.. They went looking, they found.

@YuubiTimberwolf

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe the Dragon planned to come out of the ground and hold a partymember hostage, but since the druid catched him with the vines, it turned into combat. Or just to explain the scenario, the Fighter has less HP than he should have.

@Rathkryn

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe it wasn't an adult blue dragon. Maybe it was a CR9 Young Blue Dragon with wizard levels.

@zeebashew

5 жыл бұрын

Mixed level party (with their own dragon) vs a young blue dragon.

You also didn't mention that a party member can skip the medicine check if they have a healers kit available. Always carry healer's kits. There are few things worse than bleeding out because neither you nor your buddy could roll better than a 4 for 3 rounds straight.

@otakon17

5 жыл бұрын

Always have the Basic Dungeoneering kit. Rations, water, 50ft. of rope, lantern and matches, 10 foot pole, vials and stoppers, skinning knife and various kits depending on your class. I spend more on supplies than weapons and armor but it usually pans out better.

@merendell

5 жыл бұрын

@@otakon17 what version of DND is that from. The contents you listed don't line up with either the dungeoneer's or explorers pack from 5e. That said ya you should always have one or the other. If nothing else the dungeoneer's pack tools can give you advantage on alot of environmental challenges your likely to come across.

@otakon17

5 жыл бұрын

@@merendell Oh I didn't know there was an actual pack called that. I always went piecemeal myself, choosing what gear to take. I was just calling it the "dungeoneering kit". Then again I forgot to mention the pocket mirror...

@merendell

5 жыл бұрын

@@otakon17 ya I normally start either one of the default kits and add a few piecemeal odds and ends. Can't say I'd bring a 10 foot pole however. I understand the use but how the heck would you carry that thing around on a day to day basis. Won't strap to a pack nicely and would be annoying to always be carried in the hand. I'd rather look for something in the environment to use should I need to prod something from a short distance.

A Crit 20 returns you to 1 hp, and you immidiately wakes up. Not two successes.

@lCore17

5 жыл бұрын

Also if you are stable you wake up with one hp after 1d4 hours if left alone.

@williamkay4495

3 жыл бұрын

Aidan Wulff in the PHB, chapter 9, damage and healing - dropping to 0 hit points.

This might be an excellent opportunity to revise an older video. There are a few inaccuracies that actually tripped me up in play in the video so redoing it would be hugely beneficial for newer players.

OMG you mentioned Matt colville!! That's bonus points in my book!!

a crit success doesn’t actually count as 2 saves but it restores 1 hp instead

Nearly lost my first character on *the first session* from riding a magic plant, RNGesus and a crit fail from an arrow. Thank the lenient DM he gave the players just enough leeway to bring me back, since I failed the first two saves, (rolled again for kicks) would have failed the third save, and *was* the Cleric with Medicine.

bruh wades is the only one that keeps surviving over and over

2:56 i just realised wades saved tanzy

@makaramuss

3 жыл бұрын

this means wades is a member that outlived everyone in his groups for so long! damn he must have some character development

I have a very dangerous enemy in my D&D campaign known as a Darkwraith (Name stolen from the dork souls obviously). They are powerful Death-Knight like undead, that start out as merely one and a few minions, but as Player Characters die to it, or die anywhere near it's lair, (Of which there have been 3), the Darkwraith will show up in the middle of combat, making a stealth check against the players who are likely occupied with other undead tearing at them, to attempt to drag an unconscious player away. If this happens, and it HAS happened, players have a REALLY bad time. Because what happens when a Darkwraith drags you away? Not much for that particular session, but in the NEXT session, assuming the players have not rescued the unconscious player character, that player character is killed and reanimated as a new Darkwraith. Now, that's all well and good, a new undead creature, but here's the kicker: They keep their character sheets, all stats, feats, abilities, they gain new weapons, and more. Their HP is raised by their constitution score, they gain resistance to slashing, piercing and bludgeoning damage, but are vulnerable to Radiant damage and holy water, and any time they are not in combat they are dormant as they patrol the crypts, regaining their spell slots in the same time as a short/long rest of dormant patrol. Now, this gets worse. Imagine, being a player and coming face to face with the mangled, grievous face of your last character with burning red eyes, reaching out from the dark. These Darkwraiths all have certain abilities on top of their previous ones, including Wraithwalk, which allows them to move through solid objects, consuming double their speed every 5 feet through. Darkwraiths also have the Dark Hand attack, which is a grapple move, that if it lands on a player, their maximum HP is reduced by up to 12d6 on a failed constitution saving throw meeting or beating the Darkwraith's in-life spell save DC (16 if not a spellcaster in life) and they are restrained until they break free with a strength save meeting or beating the Darkwraith's own strength score. NOW IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH I GOT MORE. When a Darkwraith reduces someone to zero hit points with the Dark Hand, since their maximum HP is technically and temporarily reduced, if you lose let's say 30 HP to Dark Hand, but had 45, your new HP maximum is 15, which means you are extremely susceptible to being instantly killed by the next damage of Dark Hand, and if you're KO'd by it, obviously you cannot resist. If the Darkwraith then kills the player, they will immediately attempt to disengage from the fight, dragging the character away to be converted into a new Darkwraith, unable to move through walls while transporting the body, to give players a chance to intervene. Now, 3 characters have died in their domain because Darkwraiths are so dangerous, which means there are 4 total Darkwraiths, three of which had player character sheets and ALL of the abilities they had in life. They were a hunting party of undead, powerful abominations of nature. But there are ways to see them coming and escape them; When in the dungeon the Darkwraiths populate, the player characters can always see the Darkwraith's mini on the map, as it slowly patrols, dormant, so they can plan around them. Darkwraiths can sense player characters who are alive within 20 feet of them through walls, and begin to chill the air within 30 feet of players (Again, through walls). So a Darkwraith is unlikely to catch the players off guard as long as they just look out. However, the Darkwraiths typically wait, and ambush when the party is already occupied with other enemies (Of which there are many in the crypt.), making it surprisingly easy for them to appear out of a wall, and begin to assault an isolated PC. Needless to say; The players became rather afraid of the Darkwraiths and the crypt they inhabited, but they were also interested in unraveling the various mysteries of the crypts.

@KhristianBolano

5 жыл бұрын

Very cool idea, I'm borrowing it! Here's how I plan to implement this. My campaign has some plans on manipulating the dead. There's a faction in my ambientation that catches the souls of who dies and implants them into Warforgeds. before level 6, a character that died could be "revived" as a retaliating Warforged. This faction aims to create a Warforged Army to attack the biggest kingdom. After level 6, the faction stops catching souls supposedly because they have a complete army now and catching souls is power-consuming for whoever runs the faction. A player died and he reincarnated in a Warforged so he knows those informations. I'm also planning to do a one-shot in the same ambientation. The villain of this one-shot is a very high level Necromancer. He holds a big grudge against the biggest kingdom of the ambientation, so he wants to make it go bankrupt. How? He's allied with another kingdom who is a direct enemy of the biggest one. He wants to make an "army" of undeads and use them as slaves to basically have free workers. They want to monopolize the market of the entire region and the biggest kingdom will basically be economically destroyed because its main source of wealth is the market. After all this undead manipulation, be it for robots or undead slaves, a Darkwraith spontanously generates from the void. It's Lawful Evil, it wants to punish the entire world for manipulating the dead this much. But it cannot do so alone, so it will slowly pick up build its own army of Darkwraiths. Luckily, a dead person can only become a Darkwraith if it has a strong will and/or abilities in the first place so it cannot just raid a random village and transform everyone in Darkwraiths. It will seek for the ones who started to manipulate the dead and then it will seek the players.

@otakon17

5 жыл бұрын

These things sound a little OP and way too strong for mid level campaigns. Maybe tone down the Dark Hand attack?

@KhristianBolano

5 жыл бұрын

@@otakon17 it seems that they're random encounters you have to avoid until you're really ready to confront them. You're not supposed to confront them face to face. Maybe just give them a limited time in the "living" world. They leave their crypts to haunt players but they'll flee after some time so players can actually stall the battle somehow or escape.

@Naxthural

5 жыл бұрын

@@otakon17 They absolutely are OP, but that is the point; They are heavily avoidable, can always be seen on the map and are MEANT to be. If you confront one face to face unprepared you WILL lose someone, and it taught my party very quickly, that the crypt, and to a lesser extent the Darkwraiths, should not be taken lightly, and overconfidence is indeed a slow, insidious killer. My party has wisened up as a result

@Naxthural

5 жыл бұрын

And I realize I didn't make clear; The first Darkwraith (The one without a character sheet) is non combative, and showed up to steal the dying, the ones who DO have the character sheets patrol and will combat the party.

Pour one out for my boy Ruin

One thing that was wrong here is that in 5e, if you roll a nat 20 on a death save, you don't actually succeed on 2 death saves. You actually are instantly brought back to consciousness with 1 hp

@KnightessTTV

3 жыл бұрын

And get to take your turn as normal, as you make the death save at the START of your turn rather than the end like i believe every other type of save

@nmf0

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, a pinned comment from 2 years ago already tries to correct that mistake, but thanks.

@eric_moore-6126

2 жыл бұрын

@@KnightessTTV No, Death Saves are at the end of your turn.

@KnightessTTV

2 жыл бұрын

@@eric_moore-6126 nope. Go read it. As i said, death saves are made at the START of your turn, just in case you roll a nat 20. A nat 20 on a death save is regain consciousness and 1 HP and take your turn as normal

I always roll death saves for my players behind the dm screen so they don’t know how close they are to death. Even after they die I keep rolling dice until someone checks on them so they never know for sure how long they’ve been dead or how much longer they have.

@Rixoli

2 жыл бұрын

Thats fucking devious, I just worldbuild for DMs but i'mma relay that to them.

@jamieadams2589

2 жыл бұрын

I play on roll20 and I'll have players roll their own death saves as a gm roll, so only I and the one player know whether they're dead

Just a side note, bardic inspiration works on death saves

@RPanda3S

4 жыл бұрын

Bardic Inspiration requires that you "choose one creature other than yourself within 60 feet of you who can hear you." The unconscious condition renders a creature "unaware of its surroundings," which could be reasonably interpreted as unable to see or hear, though I don't know why that isn't specified like "can't move or speak" is. There are probably both narrative and magical reasons that it could be argued that it should work, but this feels like something up to the DM to decide. I'd probably allow it with a magical instrument or really good improv/role-play in the right situation.

@whtwolf100

4 жыл бұрын

@@RPanda3S no, see, it's allowed even then. It lasts for the next 10 minutes. Those conditions only matter when activating the ability. And the bardic inspiration says saving throws. The page on death saves calls them a saving throw and even says you are at the mercy of the die and and SPELLS or FEATURES that improve your chances of suceeding.

@RPanda3S

4 жыл бұрын

@@whtwolf100 oh yeah, totally.

"The Earth Elemental steps on your head!"

Just a small tip: regardless of being unconscious or not, any attack made at a prone target with a ranged weapon must be done so at disadvantage because a prone target is harder to hit! Not like it is a massive issue with the video but it may save a character one day!

@otakon17

4 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't a stock still target be easier to hit even prone?

@alexcruz3985

4 жыл бұрын

@@otakon17 The idea is that the frame of a prone target is smaller than that of a standing one. Unless the ranged unit attacks with a very heavy arc, like that of a mortar, I would agree and say that it would be harder to hit someone when prone. This is also why people are trained to go prone when faced with an enemy wielding an rpg in real life. They would have to literally hit you for it to be fatal. RPGs can actually bounce if the ground is like asphalt or if it hits the ground without being flush so if they shoot the ground in front of you, it is likely that the rpg will just ricochet and fly over you!

I'm playing my first long form D&D campaign. During one session the party heard a commotion and disturbance outside of the abandon ruin we were exploring. I had my character run to the door and hold his attack until something came through. As the door opened my character stood waiting and watching. An angry medusa burst through the doors. My DM tried to be kind and give me an out, but I knew deep down my character stared into those sullen amber eyes of doom. My character spent one turn feeling his life slip away, his feet slowing turning to granite. With his last moments, my character threw the mysterious box he had just found to ensure it's survival. In a moment that will be burned into my memory forever, that box transformed mid air filling the room with a gigantic boat. As my characters chest and neck began transforming, He cried out, "I told you it was magic!" all that remains is a statue with a smug, satisfactory grin on it's face. It's my first character death and probably won't be my last, but I can't think of a better way for him to have died. No death saves, no remains to bury, just a magnificent statue that will be a memorial. That is, until our cleric gets greater restoration and decides whether or not he wants to brave the Medusa's lair.

@MistahBryan

5 жыл бұрын

Or the Medusa destroys your statue in spite :)

A nat 20 on a death saving throw is actually popping back up with 1 hp in 5e

@itzybitzyspyder

5 жыл бұрын

You don't "pop back up" you regain consciousness with 1 hp. You have to spend half of your movement to "pop up" when your turn comes around.

@patrickdoss5527

5 жыл бұрын

@@itzybitzyspyder yeah I know I meant pop back up more colloquially not in as you're standing now, like maybe you were laying down Abe now you sit up real straight with a big exaggerated breath in, as say way I almost died or whatever

Rolling a 20 on a death save restores 1 hp in 5e RAW

@MattG-mw7zi

5 жыл бұрын

Diana Winters At first I didn't realize you meant rules as written, and I read it and thought "yeah critting a save and getting back up at a clutch moment is raw as hell"

I recognize that shoulder and snout at the end, that's Wades-in-Shadows!

Worth noting is that monks get proficiency in death saves. Jeremy said so somewhere, just don't have the link handy.

@jutton11

3 жыл бұрын

I can't find that written anywhere in official content

@robot1g598

3 жыл бұрын

They have proficiency in “all saving throws” (diamond body) which includes death saving throws

@jutton11

3 жыл бұрын

@@robot1g598 Okay, but the way this post was worded it was as if Monks get proficiency in death saves from level 1, not when they pick up on ability at level 14.

@natesirovatka2256

3 жыл бұрын

Also, a quick cast of Bless adds a d4 to all saves, including death saves

Actively dying... Just like the rest of us.

I think a paladin's aura of protection, a bless spell and other abilities that grant bonus to saving throws are added to death saving throws.

@jackbarman7063

3 жыл бұрын

Monks get proficiency with death saves when they get it for all saves!

You made a small but significant mistake: death saves are not always unmodified, a bonus that ads to all saving throws also ads to death saves! (This is one of the reasons a paladins aura is so good for instance).

@eddiemate

5 жыл бұрын

College of Foliage I wouldn’t call it a mistake, more like... an omission of an uncommon situation. Videos like these can’t go over every situation regarding the topic as to keep the video simple. If anything, he didn’t mention that a Healer's Kit can stabilise an unconscious member immediately.

@collegeoffoliage6776

5 жыл бұрын

I dissagree. He explicitly stated that it was an unmodified d20 roll. That's not an ommision, that's a false statement. :)

@eddiemate

5 жыл бұрын

College of Foliage Because unless you do have a Paladin with their aura up, or Monk's Diamond Soul, or a Ring of Protection or whatever else you have to bosom saving throws... it is indeed an unmodified roll.

@collegeoffoliage6776

5 жыл бұрын

I would have completely agreed with you if he'd said "usually an unmodified d20" or something to that effect, but how it's said in the video it seems like it's always the case. I can easily see someone new to the game believing that the roll is always unmodified because of incorrect statements like this. In fact I believed so myself when I started.

All the Clerics are saying "Spare the Dying", while I'm over here thinking "I'm busy! You're only mostly dead. You'll be fine."

@FrostSylph

5 жыл бұрын

When they're all dead there's usually only one thing you can do. Go through their pockets for loose change.

@kagekiyamitenshi7262

3 жыл бұрын

One of the other players in my group just goes, "it's fine, I have rivivify, you'll be fine."

The dragon burrowing underground like that is such a cool concept.

One thing you missed. If you are trying to make an attack on a downed character that is more than 5 feet away you are likely at disadvantage as they should be prone in most situations thus the advantage is canceled.

@koatam

3 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't they get another layer of advantage because they are flat footed?

@sinople7846

3 жыл бұрын

@@koatam There is no such thing as "layer of advantages" if there is at least one advantage and one disadvantage the roll is done vanilla.

@NoConsequenc3

2 жыл бұрын

@@sinople7846 Having Shield and AC at the same time is a layer of advantages. You don't stack them, but if they are separate from your AC they are in fact layers

@sinople7846

2 жыл бұрын

@@NoConsequenc3 that has nothing to do with what I'm talking about. I was talking about the mechanic known as "advantages" when you roll two d20 and take the better. Which is the most basic way of giving a situational bonus to a roll in D&d5e. The opposite of an advantage is a disadvantage, which means you take the worst of the two rolls. And when you have a situation where you have at least one source of disadvantage and one of advantage, the roll is made vanilla (you only roll one die). So yes nothing to do with what you're saying.

It's worth noting a few things: Many people have already commented on this, but for sake of completeness I'll also mention this: rolling a natural 20 on a death save doesn't count as 2 successes in 5e RAW; rather, it causes you to regain 1 hp (and thus you're instantly stabilized and stop making death saves). Death saves do not benefit from your constitution modifier (or any other skill modifier for that matter), but... any ability, spell, or magic item that benefits saving throws in general also benefit death saves, such as bardic inspiration, bless, paladin auras, cloak of protection, stone of good luck, etc. Being a halfling does allow you to reroll a 1 on a death save. However if the reroll is also a 1 (yes, only a 1/400 chance, but it can happen) the 1 stands. (This also applies to the lucky feat, if your DM hasn't banned the feat or alter it, but I comment based on RAW since I have no idea what a DM has homebrewed.) A grave cleric's "sentinel at death's door" ability can be used to negate the critical hit caused by someone attacking an unconscious player from within 5 feet, thus turning two death save failures into a single death save failure. This can save lives. The "spare the dying" cantrip (pretty much mandatory for a cleric to take IMO) can be used to instantly stabilize a dying player, essentially as if they succeeded 3 death saves. They still have 0 hp and thus are still unconscious, but are now stable and don't have to make death saves. This usually takes an action and has a range of touch, but... for a grave cleric it can be cast as a bonus action from a range of 30 ft.

@g80gzt

4 жыл бұрын

spare the dying is a BA anyway isn't it?

@varia2354

3 жыл бұрын

@@g80gzt BA?

Nat 20 on a Death Saving throw is an instant stabilize and you get up with 1 HP

From the Basic Rules for 5e: Rolling 1 or 20. When you make a death saving throw and roll a 1 on the d20, it counts as two failures. If you roll a 20 on the d20, you regain 1 hit point.

@macaroni3283

5 жыл бұрын

Was gonna post the same thing, but you got it already so ill like so Zee can hopefully see it

@bunnysmg3818

5 жыл бұрын

he messed up

My lvl 8 Cleric rolled a Nat 20 for my Dex Save vs. Evard's Tentacles, but due to me wearing Full Plate I had Disadvantage. Tentacles dealt 10 damage and knocked me unconscious. I pointed out to the Party "Let it be known, I rolled a Natural 20 and still died!" This was 2 hours ago.

@JazzJackrabbit

5 жыл бұрын

Your game must have home rules, because by RAW you would neither have disadvantage on the save nor get killed outright by 10 damage at LVL 8.

I think if you nat 20 on a death save you actually get 1hp in RAW rules, which once lead to me being knocked down 3 times during a fight.

@kyubii972

5 жыл бұрын

Correct and it happens at the start if your turn so it's great.

@Halosty45

5 жыл бұрын

This was very important in the climax of one game I was in... the party was fleeing the dungeon. One character gets left behind in a room with a troll and the big bad wizard. The big bad wizard was mostly out of spells... not that the party realized that. So, there is the character, down and surrounded by enemies... But the troll doesn't like the wizard either. The player is still down when the troll finished off the wizard a round later and starts eating the bodies (I rolled, and he started with someone else). But hey, he's unconscious... so he's dead anyway. Except he rolls a 20 on his death save, regaining 1 hp and becoming conscious. Then he makes an illusion to distract the troll and hightails it out of there. I have no idea how nobody died in that session. (Even though they would have stomped the boss if they just... fought him)