Hello all, hopefully this is a simple one but my Google fu was weak.
If I am unconscious at say -5 hp on Initiative count 15 and a helpful cleric heals me to positive hp on initiative count 10, when do I get to act?
I see three possible outcomes
1. I go on Initiative count 10, on the turn the Cleric has brought me back.
2. I go on initiate count 15, on the following turn.
3. I go on Initiative count 10 on the following turn.
I nearly had a TPK last week because I went with 2. not 1. But I certainly wasn't sure and couldn't easily have an answer.
This would also apply to waking sleeping characters as well.
The player just assumed the unconscious/sleeping character would just delay action by default. Which is persuasive.
Same as evillmonkey, you go on your next initiative order (option #2 in the OP example).
I don't believe any rules state how to handle this. I would treat this as a late arrival to combat (i.e. get placed last in the initiative roster), or keep your original spot. I've never heard of #1 happening; Being able to act immediately upon waking up seems a bit counter-intuitive to how debilitating falling unconscious during battle is supposed to be.
I would treat this as a late arrival to combat (i.e. get placed last in the initiative roster)
Ids this an official rule? I have late arrivals roll initiative and insert them into the order.
You keep your initiative, you aren't delaying, so 2.
Doesn’t it gets even more interesting if the cleric has initiative 15 and the unconscious comrade has 10?
Say I fall unconscious after my turn in a round and is healed before my initiative in the next, do I loose a turn at all? I think not, but I'm not sure.
Can unconscious take actions? Because the Delay action is an action.
I would treat this as a late arrival to combat (i.e. get placed last in the initiative roster)Ids this an official rule? I have late arrivals roll initiative and insert them into the order.
Can't find it with a quick search, but I believe it is a suggested course of action from the Dungeon Master's Guide. So not an official rule, but something I've used.
Doesn’t it gets even more interesting if the cleric has initiative 15 and the unconscious comrade has 10?
Say I fall unconscious after my turn in a round and is healed before my initiative in the next, do I loose a turn at all? I think not, but I'm not sure.
Can unconscious take actions? Because the Delay action is an action.
No, an unconscious person can't use the Delay Action. Yes, in that scenario, you would not lose your turn, though you would most likely start your next one with the prone condition, barring corner cases, like falling unconscious in your saddle before succeeding your Ride check to prevent falling.
"At the start of a battle, each combatant makes an initiative check. An initiative check is a Dexterity check. Each character applies his or her Dexterity modifier to the roll, as well as other modifiers from feats, spells, and other effects. Characters act in order, counting down from the highest result to the lowest. In every round that follows, the characters act in the same order (unless a character takes an action that results in his or her initiative changing; see Special Initiative Actions)."
"Healing that raises his hit points to 1 or more makes him fully functional again, just as if he'd never been reduced to 0 or lower."
These two rules suggest to me that you become "fully functional" again and then get to act on your next initiative order since you did not "take an action that results in initiative changing"
Cool, some good advice. It sounds like my gut feeling of 2. chimes with what most people agree.
Thanks for the help.
An unconscious character cannot choose to delay.
Go on your next regular initiative.