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#1 thewilderness Dec 13, 2014 13:44:13	Can someone explain what the last part of this sentence means? It's in the 'Stabilizing a Creature' section in the PH.   "A stable creature that isn't healed regains 1 hit point after 1d4 hours."   I understand everything about this except the '1d4 hours' part.   My understanding is this...   If one of the players/creatures is unconscious, but stable, I roll a 1d4. If the roll is (for example) a 3, then 3 hours of "game time" must pass before that player/creature wakes up and regains 1 hit point. During these 3 hours of game time, the other players/creatures must decide what they will do with the wait time...   Is this correct?
#2 El_Condoro Dec 13, 2014 14:17:18	That's right. In most cases someone will be able to get the character to at least 1 hit point and they can look after themselves, but if they're unconscious and there is no other option than to wait, it's going to be 1-4 hours before they regain consciousness.
#3 Noon Dec 13, 2014 14:19:34	As I understand it, yes.   Though generally GM's use time passing techniques - they think about whether any monsters would show up - if they could they roll to determine if they do (or just have them turn up), or they just say 'well, the hours pass and the PC is at 1 HP'.
#4 thewilderness Dec 13, 2014 14:23:58	Cool beans. Thanks guys!
#5 cowleymen Dec 13, 2014 14:26:02	Yes, unless some one heals them before that.