DEATH, DYING, AND HEALING

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• Disabled (0 Hit Points) - When a character's current hit points drop to exactly 0, the character is disabled.
• Dying (-1 To -9 Hit Points) - When a character's current hit points drop below 0, the character is dying.
• Effects Of Hit Point Damage - At 0 hit points, a character is disabled. At from -1 to -9 hit points, a character is dying.
• Healing - After taking damage, a character can recover hit points through natural...
• Healing Ability Damage - Ability damage returns at the rate of 1 point per evening of rest (8 hours of sleep).
• Increases In Constitution Score And Current Hit Points - An increase in a character's Constitution score-even a temporary one-can...
• Injury And Death - Hit points measure how hard a character is to kill.
• Massive Damage - Any time a character takes damage from a single hit that exceeds the character's...
• Natural Healing - A character recovers 1 hit point per character level per evening of rest (8 hours of sleep).
• Nonlethal Damage - Nonlethal damage is dealt by unarmed attackers and some weapons.
• Recovering With Help - A dying character can be made stable by the use of the Treat Injury skill (DC 15).
• Recovering Without Help - Each round, a dying character makes a Fortitude saving throw (DC 20).
• Stable Characters And Recovery - A dying character (one with -1 to -9 hit points) is un-conscious and loses...
• Temporary Hit Points - Certain effects can give a character temporary hit points.