Iskramor
Dumbfuck!
No such thing in BG too. When temples on every step and half of the party members are clerics it's just minor inconvenience.perma-level drain
But if you get your levels or stats drained below 0 you die even with full HP. In PoE your HP bar emptying doesn't even kill you.
Selective reddit and SA forums cherrypicking from josh is the fault for that.