Need the Sages here again !
I'm Dming a campaign, and yesterday the group was fighting against a Wraith.
The Wraith drain the constition of the Ranger. He have 16 in constitution and the Wraith drain a total of 10 points.
The Ranger felt under 0 hp, so he start to dying, as nobody can stabilize him in time.
By the rules :
When your character’s current hit points drop to a negative amount equal to his Constitution score he’s dead.
The ranger is dead at -16 or -6 (his new constitution score) ?
I believe, as drain actually reduces the ability score (as opposed to damage), it would be his modified Constitution score.
The ranger would be dead at negative his new Constitution score, in the case of ability drain. For ability damage, it would cause him to take penalties in his Fort saves and hit points, but otherwise his Constitution score would remain unchanged.
EDIT: Ninja'd by Saedar! :)
