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Condition: Dying

You are bleeding out, in danger of becoming dead.

Immediate:

  • You drop all items you are holding or wielding.
  • Your initiative moves to before what caused this condition, if applicable.

Effects:

  • You are inflicted with the Unconscious condition.
  • You are inflicted with the Prone condition, if applicable.
  • While you are Unstable, you must make Flat DC 10 checks, modified by your Constitution Modifier, every round…
    • On a critical success, the Dying value decreases by 1 and you become Stable.
    • On a success, the Dying value does not change, and you become Stable.
    • On a failure, the Dying value increases by 1.
    • On a critical failure, the Dying value increases by 2.

Situations:

  • If you reach Dying 4, you gain the Dead condition.
  • If you become Stable, the Dying value remains the same and you gain 1 Hit Point after 1d4+2 hours.
    • If you gain 1 Hit Point, you start Recovering through Hit Points.
    • If you are dealt damage, you become Unstable.
  • If your Hit Points increase above 0, you become Stable and the Dying value decreases by 1 each round.
    • If the Dying value becomes 0 when you still have 1 or more Hit Points, you become Alive.
    • If your Hit Points are reduced to 0 before your Dying value reaches 0, you become Unstable.
  • If your Dying value is reduced to 0, you immediately regain 1 Hit Point, becoming Alive.

Ends:

  • If both your Hit Points are greater than 0 and your Dying value is reduced to 0, you become Alive.
    • The first turn for which this is true, you lose the Dying and Unconscious conditions but are inflicted with the Slowed 2 condition. The Slowed 2 condition ends immediately after your turn.
  • If you gain the Dead condition.
  • If an ability removes this condition.