**Bleeding Out:** This condition occurs when you are reduced below zero (0) Body Points. You drop to (-1) negative one and reduce no further. This means you stay at (-1) negative one even if the last blow you took would have caused your Body Point total to go even lower than (-1) negative one. At this Body Point level, you are considered actively dying. If no one reaches you to successfully perform [[First Aid]] or give you healing within a (1) one-minute period, you will die. This one-minute period of actively dying is called “bleeding out.”

You can be saved by the [[First Aid]] Skill during this time, but the individual performing it must do so uninterrupted for one minute for it to be successful. When an individual begins First Aid on you, your one-minute bleed-out countdown halts – it resumes from the halting point if [[First Aid]] is unsuccessful or you receive more damage during the process. [[First Aid]] can be attempted again, and will re-freeze your countdown, but as before, another full minute will need to elapse to successfully complete the process. If First Aid is completed successfully, you will be at zero (0) Body Points ([[unconscious]]) and will need to pass another minute to regain consciousness without taking damage. 

If you are given a healing potion or have healing cast upon you, you will automatically return to a conscious level without the one minute needed during [[First Aid]].

As with the unconscious condition, any Effects that you are under are still active while you are “Bleeding Out.” Also, any Spell Defenses will be used, or “go off,” as you are not conscious to accept any spells through these protectives.