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+Health represents a creature’s physical resilience and ability to continue fighting. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, all creatures (players, humanoids, monsters, and bosses) follow these rules.
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+---
+## Starting Health
+At character creation, your **Starting Health** is determined by their character.
+
+---
+## Health Gain on Level Up
+When you gain a level:
+- Your **HP is fully restored**
+- You gain additional maximum Health based on your Character + Fortitude Modifier
+
+---
+## Incapacitation (0 Health)
+When a creature is reduced to **0 Health**, it becomes **Incapacitated** instead of dying immediately.
+**While Incapacitated:**
+- You are unconscious and unable to act
+- You remain incapacitated for **3 rounds**
+- Being hit while incapacitated **resets the timer**
+- Any creature may use an action to **Execute** you to kill you outright. 
+	- Executing takes one turn to complete and can be interupted by dealing damage to the executioner. 
+	- After stating the execution, the turn of the executioner ends.
+	- Executing is finished as soon as their next turn begins. 
+	- The recovery timer is paused whilst being executed.
+
+After the 3-round duration ends:
+- You stand back up with **1 HP**
+- You may act normally on your turn
+
+---
+## Carrying an Incapacitated Creature
+- An incapacitated creature (medium size or less) may be picked up and carried as a bonus action
+- Picking someone up slows you by 50%
+- Can't dodge while carrying
+- Disadvantage on parrying when wielding Weapons that require two-handing.
+- If the carrier is hit, the incapacitated creature is **immediately dropped**
+- Recovery timer is paused while being carried
+
+---
+
+## Environmental Death
+Some conditions bypass the incapacitation grace period.
+If an incapacitated creature:
+- **Is burning**
+- **Is submerged in water**
+They die after **2 rounds** if not picked up or removed from the hazard.