Will Save World for Gold

[Leewei]

Spoiler: Well, actually....

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Had Ardon tanked the blast instead, then Odi would have lived. Between the 2 of them they had enough HP for only one to survive if he shielded the other.

Spoiler: Crunch

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I'm doing an analysis here out of curiosity, rather than any real disagreement.

Odi has Resist Lightning 5, I think? He's Heroic tier, after all.

Odi took damage as follows:
5 (Incite Terror)
32 (Lightning)
38 (Lightning)
33 (Lightning)

... after which, he died (negative bloodied HP) and Ardon took 41 damage.

As a leader, Ardon would have an extra 1HP per level, as well as 3HP base. Variation in Con stat could make a difference here as well.

So, what level is Ardon at this point? If he's 6th level, we're looking at roughly 8HP difference, plus 4HP for Bloodied value. That'd make Ardon snuff it at pretty much the same time as Odi, who would have lived after taking 36 (41-5) damage.

Other factors:
Ardon had failed two Death Saves, and may have been damaged by the throne, as we saw with Ellie.
Ardon losing consciousness would have been a Very Bad Thing.
As leader, Ardon was in the best position to save or restore Odi's life, had he been down and dying.

Observations:
Ardon's genre savviness seems to have badly failed him, here. He seemed convinced that defeating the villain and winning would guarantee his team's survival.

Ardon did not heal Odi during the blast. Was he out of healing powers?

Odi apparently was able to somehow provide cover while unconscious.