I remember back in some editions if you took damage more than you Con in one hit your character died. Does this exist in 5th edition?
DontEatRawHagis wrote:
I think they should have worded it in a more plain and easy to understand way: If you take enough damage to reduce you to a negative value equal to your maximum hit points you die without a saving through. So if your max hp is 12 if you get taken to -12 you die. I suspect they used the wording they did to make it only apply if you had more than 0 hp before the damage came in. This is essentially a now standard rule that was an optional rule in at least one older edition.
Grazel wrote:
HP=HP-Damage;
If HP<0 AND HP<= MaxHPx-1 then Dead;
else
HP=0;
Much clearer!
Well, not really and at the same to me, clearer! 