Pscyhosomatic Surge and more negitive hp than con

[Darche Schneider]

I've got a wonder here, about Psychosomatic Surge and its ability to grant temporary HP. Could this at all be used to keep a person who had gone below CON in negative damage alive?

Would such a person be able to benefit from normal healing?

[Darigaaz the Igniter]

I don't think so. Temporary hp are always lost first. So either the temp hp are added, the target gets hit, then loses the temp hp; or the target gets hit, dies, and it's too late to add temp hp. Unless Psychosomatic Surge has some special wording I'm unaware of.

[Darche Schneider]

Well that kinda sucks then.

[Entryhazard]

there are some corner cases like taking Con damage

[Daniel Myhre]

Of course, if your con actually hits 0 due to damage... You're still dead no matter how many temp hit points you have. Even if you do actually have hit points left, for example a level 6 kineticist with 14 con who take 14 con damage but no lethal damage, con of 0 means "you are dead".

[Entryhazard]

I wasn't about getting the Con to 0 but rather something like being at -9 HP with 10 con and then taking 1 con damage

[Daniel Myhre]

I figured, just thought I'd also point out that if con drops too low, you're gone no matter what. And your example would also suck Wendies frosties through a too narrow straw. Aka really really hard.