Massive damage can kill you instantly. When damage reduces you to 0 hit points and there is damage remaining, you die if the remaining damage equals or exceeds your hit point maximum.
For example, my sorc/warlock max hp:28 has 28 hp at the time of the attack. 1 round of attacks deal's 39 damage. The damage is equal to and exceeds the total/max hp. Is that not a instant death, regardless that it is only 11 damage extra?
Instant death isn't when a damage exceeds your max hit points, its when the remaining damage exceeds your max hit points
Massive damage can kill you instantly. When damage reduces you to 0 hit points and there is damage remaining, you die if the remaining damage equals or exceeds your hit point maximum.
If you're at X hit points out of Y and take damage greater than X+Y, you die instantly
The character sheet supports this; if you apply damage equal to or greater than twice your hit points maximum, the sheet will show your character as dead.
Instant Death
Massive damage can kill you instantly. When damage reduces you to 0 hit points and there is damage remaining, you die if the remaining damage equals or exceeds your hit point maximum.
For example, my sorc/warlock max hp:28 has 28 hp at the time of the attack. 1 round of attacks deal's 39 damage. The damage is equal to and exceeds the total/max hp. Is that not a instant death, regardless that it is only 11 damage extra?
Instant death isn't when a damage exceeds your max hit points, its when the remaining damage exceeds your max hit points
If you're at X hit points out of Y and take damage greater than X+Y, you die instantly
The character sheet supports this; if you apply damage equal to or greater than twice your hit points maximum, the sheet will show your character as dead.
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