This optional rule states that death occurs at -10 hp, not at 0 hp. A character reduced to zero hit points is not immediately killed but falls unconscious, losing 1 hp per round until his or her wounds are bound. Given the number of tough challenges the PCs face at all stages of this campaign, time and again this rule may make the difference between survival (albeit badly need of healing) and death. Remember that the same rule applies to NPCs and monsters, making it easier for the PCs to take prisoners and question them afterwards. [[House Rules Index|back]]