D&D (2024) Life drain needs to be replaced with Exhaustion

jasper · Saturday at 9:36 PM

Charlaquin said:
Yeah, 2 levels on a vampire bite is a lot. I would stick to 1. But the death spiral effect does kind of imitate the feel of level drain in a way that the reduction of maximum hit points doesn’t.

And I remember sucking dry some pcs back in 1E.

Leatherhead · Saturday at 9:52 PM

Whizbang Dustyboots said:
Obligatory: This is why getting rid of 3E's ability score drain was a bad idea. It's more granular than level drain, more nuanced (you can have monsters that drain different thing) and while it's more dangerous than just knocking off hit points, it's not as much of a death march as imparting levels of exhaustion is.

I still morn the fact that the Condition Track from SW:SE was never ported into D&D like people were speculating before 4E hit.

For those who don't know: It's like the exhaustion track, but it also replaces status conditions and non-lethal damage.

D&D (2024) Life drain needs to be replaced with Exhaustion

jasper

Rotten DM

Leatherhead

Possibly a Idiot.

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