Question
It is a well known fact that one of the most dangerous monsters in the original Diablo is actually one that you encounter relatively early - a variant of the zombie monster known as Black Death.
These can be encountered on levels 3-5 and seem harmless enough, as they don't do a lot of damage and are just as slow as all the other types of zombies, but each time they hit you they take away 1 HP out of your maximum, permanently (I didn't realize this until a friend tipped me off, at which point I avoided these like, well, the black death).
Thinking about this now, I am wondering just how low you can get your HP by getting hit by these monsters. Specifically, I wonder what were to happen if you manage to reduce your maximum HP to 1 and then get hit by one of these (though I imagine this is tricky to pull off, seeing how at a certain point each hit by these would kill you off completely)?
Answer
Black Death hit for more HP than they remove from your max HP, so your lowest possible max HP is their minimum possible damage (6 HP). That's the lowest you can go before taking your final blow. (I tried to get a screenshot, but I didn't find any BDs in Levels 3-5 after several hours. I'll try again later.)
The permanent part is tautological: All deaths are permanent in Diablo 1. You do not restart naked at the nearest town like in Diablo 2, but you must load from your last save:
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