Mummy Rot and dying question

[zlorf]

Hi,
A character has the mummy rot curse and then later was reduced to
0 hitpoints. The player rolled a 20 for there first death save and became conscious.
We all forgot about mummy rot at the time. Mummy rot states you cannot heal hitpoints
While you have the curse.
Does making a death save constitute healing?
Cheers
Z

 

[iserith]

The wording of mummy rot says the character cannot regain hit points.

The wording of a 20 on a death save is: "If you roll a 20 on the d20, you regain 1 hit point."

Therefore, a 20 on a death save will not help you here!

 

[Paul Farquhar]

My reading is if you are under the effect of mummy rot and are reduced to zero hp you immediately turn to dust. So the death save doesn't even happen!

 

[iserith]

My reading is if you are under the effect of mummy rot and are reduced to zero hp you immediately turn to dust. So the death save doesn't even happen!

I think that is so if the reduction to 0 was due to the curse. It's not clear from the original post if that was the case or if the damage came from some other source. It sounds like the latter, but we'd need clarification.

 

[BluejayJunior]

I believe it says that if the curse reduces your hitpoint maximum to 0, then you turn to dust. But if your current hitpoints drop to 0, you are unconscious as normal (except that you cannot regain hp).
So a 20 wouldn't bring you back to 1 hp. I guess it would just be a normal success. Although, I might rule that it is either 2 successes or that you just become stabilized.

 

[Oofta]

I'd rule it as an auto-stabilize but not HP gain. Unless of course it was more fun/heroic/memorable to gain 1 HP in which case I'd let them get an HP back, possibly even falling unconscious after the adrenaline of the fight wore off.