Death by Massive Damage and Heal Check [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Oberton

11-13-04, 03:02 PM
If a character is taken down via Massive Damage he is considered dead. Just want to make sure they did not mean dying, which would allow a stablization roll or another to use heal on them...

Thus a fighter with a current hit point count of 124, takes massive damage & fails the save. At this point he is DEAD and would need a magical means of returning to life... Others could not stablize him with a heal check and a cleric could not save him with a heal spell...
GoodTeletubby

11-13-04, 05:02 PM
nope, he's dead, dee eee dee, dead

albeit a fighter with 124 HP blowing a DC 15 fort save is not going to happen often



*Jumps up on the armoire and starts dancing*

"Lookit me dancin' on on top of fighter's grave! C'mon everybody, do the Black Mage!"
The Legendary Two Sandals

12-09-04, 02:54 PM
you would think so but Ive seen it happen more than once. And once you get to a certian level you only fail on a natural 1 and by that point alot of the monsters deal massive damage on a good roll.
EvilVegan

12-10-04, 02:25 PM
Natural 1 doesn't auto-fail does it? I thougt that was only for attack rolls.
Avalongod

12-10-04, 02:30 PM
NAtural 1 auto fails for saves. Natural 20 auto succeeds for saves. Only for skill checks do the naturals not matter.