Massive damage can kill you instantly. When damage reduces you to 0 hit points and there is damage remaining, you die if the remaining damage equals or exceeds your hit point maximum.
Per Ghosts of Saltmarsh, a ship roughly trolley size (though ~¼ its weight) does 25d10 bludgeoning when crashing, (considering a trolley approaching a track switch tends toward 10-15mph, ramming rules seemed excessive).
The party restrained on the tracks may or may not be immobilized (v. simply restrained), but regardless, 25d10 may very well one-shot each and every one of them, and instantly.
Instant Death
Massive damage can kill you instantly. When damage reduces you to 0 hit points and there is damage remaining, you die if the remaining damage equals or exceeds your hit point maximum.
Per Ghosts of Saltmarsh, a ship roughly trolley size (though ~¼ its weight) does 25d10 bludgeoning when crashing, (considering a trolley approaching a track switch tends toward 10-15mph, ramming rules seemed excessive).
The party restrained on the tracks may or may not be immobilized (v. simply restrained), but regardless, 25d10 may very well one-shot each and every one of them, and instantly.
how much health do they have around the level where they'd have access to a staff of the magi?