| Vipersfang |
A major for Ash oracle states that you and nearby creatures collapse into dust when they get to 0 hit points.
My player asked does this apply to allies and players...so they wouldn't get a death saving throw... I said no because it says creatures.
But then he pointed out most area affect spells says creatures which also includes heal..
So using the same definition of creatures other players can't be Healed because it says creatures...
Help?
| Errenor |
A major for Ash oracle states that you and nearby creatures collapse into dust when they get to 0 hit points.
That's not at all what it says. It says "If a creature other than you in this aura is killed by fire damage, its body collapses into ash." PCs aren't killed at 0 HP. Please include correct rule citations or links when you ask questions.
My player asked does this apply to allies and players...so they wouldn't get a death saving throw... I said no because it says creatures.
Otherwise yes, all entities which could be called creatures and have creature statistics in the game are creatures. NPCs and PCs are creatures. Monsters you fight are NPCs, so they are also creatures. Construct creatures are creatures.
Basically the only things which could look like a creature but aren't a creature are hazards and haunts in particular. They aren't creatures because they don't have statistics of a creature.Again, PCs are creatures, but as they aren't killed at 0 hp (but start dying) they don't collapse into dust. They do that when they are really dead by the game rules AND are killed by fire damage (!) though. So if there wasn't fire damage at all, they definitely don't become dust. If their dying value is increased to their 'dead' point (4 typically) by fire damage they definitely do. Cases in between are in competence of a GM I suppose. Like 'there was fire damage but they died from other reasons', 'they had fire persistent damage but died from another thing'.
NPCs which a GM don't use dying rules for, so they are killed at 0 hp, do collapse into dust instantly if killed by fire damage. On the other hand if a GM uses dying rules for a NPC they don't become dust at 0 hp.