So glancing thru the CRB, I happened to read thru the Conditions section (page 566) and in doing so ended up with some questions.
Disabled "a character with 0 HP, or one who has negative HP but has become stable and concious, is disabled
Dying "A dying creature is unconcious and near death. Creatures that have negative HP and have not stablized are dying"
If someone is dying and another person stabilizes them, do they automatically become concious? So if I have a CON of 15, and I get injured down to -14 and someone stabilizes me I am at negative HP but am concious and able to take any action but full round actions?
And if a PC takes enough damage to reduce them to negative HP, do they always become unconcious?
And are there any abilites or ways to remain concious below zero HP?
Thanks
There's a feat or two that let you act when in negative hitpoints. Half orcs get a racial ability too.
But no.
The progression is:
Dying > Stable > Disabled
If someone stabilizes you, there's a chance you become concious and then you're disabled.
If you stabilized on your own, you can't wake up like that.
(read the Stable condition)
Stable: A character who was dying but who has stopped losing hit points each round and still has negative hit points is stable. The character is no longer dying, but is still unconscious. If the character has become stable because of aid from another character (such as a Heal check or magical healing), then the character no longer loses hit points. The character can make a DC 10 Constitution check each hour to become conscious and disabled (even though his hit points are still negative). The character takes a penalty on this roll equal to his negative hit point total.