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    Commoners have 4hp. So, for reference, 4 successful baby scratches drops an average, normal person to zero HP and they are rendered unconscious and have about a 40% chance of death if they don’t receive medical aid.

    But STR/DEX would be 1 bc 0 is not possible. Would have a -5 to hit - so 30% on an AC10 unarmored commoner.

    I think this means you have a 0.3% chance of permadeath in an encounter with a baby if they only make 4 attacks and you don’t hit back and they don’t keep scratching your unconscious body.

    If they attack you 10 times (1 minute of scratching w/ 6 sec turns), there is a 20% chance they land 4 scratches on you and you have a 40% chance to permadie once downed - so 8% chance of permadeath in one 10 turn encounter with a baby with the same stipulations as above.

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        iirc in D&D if any of your stats reach 0 you die. Might be only body stats (str/dex/con), not sure.

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          I think I remember Wis doesn’t kill you at 0, but you go fully insane and lose control of your character. But that might just be older versions and not 5th ed rules. I feel like I recall something about going into a coma if Int hits zero, maybe that is new rules for mental stats…?

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            Youre correct, at least in 3e only 0 con kills you outright. All the others just make you comatose or some other state in which you lose control of your character.

            But in 5e all 0 attribute states mean you die.

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              So 0 charisma means you die of ugliness? You’re so disgusted by yourself you just stop breathing? Or the gods find you so unappealing they reach down and snuff you out?

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                Iirc you lose all sense of yourself and experience total ego death, then real death follows. Charisma is more than just how hot you are.

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                  Charisma is more than just how hot you are.

                  This. While “seduction” is not technically a skill, that could fit under Persuasion or Deception, depending on how you go about it, and this still leaves Performance and Intimidation, soooooo…

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        Str or Dex at 0 = death in RAW. Granted this uses Agility instead of Dex, so I have no idea what established system (if any) they are using, but my guess is this is what above commenter is referencing.

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      Yes, but it might gain other buffs to Charisma between now and 24 months. Charisma is forced to 1 at 24 months regardless.

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      My memory is they’re max Cha until age 2, some even beyond that. I don’t think Cha drops gradually, I think it’s all at once from 20 to 1

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      Baby nails are sharp, thin and attached to a thing that flails around aimlessly. The greatest danger is to eyes.

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      Yup, my daughter cut her nose quite a few times just rubbing her face, and slice us regularly. They grow from well trimmed to dangerous weapons in less than a week so there’s no avoiding it really

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      Default rules state that stats can not go below zero, extra negatives will only go into effect if buffs are applied such as +2 baby clothes