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From: mab@druak.UUCP (Alan Bland)
Newsgroups: net.games.frp
Subject: Re: Types of injuries
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Date: Tue, 17-Dec-85 16:16:12 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 17 16:16:12 1985
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Concerning injuries in Justice Inc., Jim Gardner writes:
> When you receive an impairing or disabling injury, you must make a
> CON roll.  If you blow it, the damage is permanent (barring GM-produced
> miracles).

Are CON rolls easy to make in this situation, or do you end up with lots
of permanent injuries?

I've been toying with the idea of adding permanent damage effects to my
RuneQuest game.  When a character takes a critical or maiming blow, they
would roll on the "Permanent Damage Effects" table (reproduced below) to
see what the effect is.  Most effects are scars, and none of them are
too serious since the skill reductions can be restored after training
and experience.

This table reflects my belief that magic should not always be perfect
and predictable, so a Healing spell won't always fix you up as good as
new.  Of course, a severed arm that goes unhealed is permanent (which
makes for a reeeal ugly scar).

Any comments on this table would be appreciated.  The percentages are
preliminary, and perhaps too lenient.

PERMANENT DAMAGE EFFECTS (preliminary)

LEG
01-75  Distinctive scar on leg
76-95  Walks with a limp
96-99  Severe limp, subtract 1 from Movement Rate
00     See note below*

ABDOMEN
01-95  Distinctive scar on abdomen
96-99  Permanent sexual disfunction
00     See note below*

CHEST
01-90  Distinctive scar on chest
91-99  Lung damaged, asphyxiation rolls start at CONx5 rather than CONx10
00     See note below*

ARM
01-95  Distinctive scar on arm
96-99  Subtract 10% from all weapon skills that use this arm
00     See note below*

HEAD
01-75  Distinctive scar on face
76-90  Ugly scar on face, lose 1 APP
91-95  Hearing impaired, subtract 10% from Listen
96-99  Vision impaired, subtract 10% from Scan and Search
00     See note below*

* NOTE:  If there is an enchantment rune tatooed on this hit location,
  then it has been broken.  If more than one enchantment rune exists,
  choose one randomly.
-- 
Alan Bland
AT&T Information Systems, Denver CO
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