08-03-2020, 06:04 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-11-2020, 12:58 PM by Oedipussy Rex.)
So. I've been sitting on this for too long. I need to get it done in order to move on to the next project that I've been putting off. As such. I'll be making a post every day this month. Since I'm two days behind, this will be a triple post.
Some definitions
Size of stat: The Rank of die allowed by a Depth stat (1-5) or the maximum number of dice allowed in a pool by a Width stat (1-10).
Size of a pool: the number of dice actually in the pool.
Time in Pools of Radiance
I'm sticking with the terminology used in Ə and using Combat, Adventure, and Travel Turns. However, unlike Ə, these time units represent a specific amount of time: Combat - 12 seconds, Adventure - 50 Combat Turns or 10 minutes, Travel - 300 Combat Turns or 6 Adventure Turns or 1 hour.
Death in PoR
Death in Combat: When the number of Wounds and Hits meets or exceeds the character's Health (note that damage does not take away from a character's Health but Health is the amount damage a character can take) the character falls unconscious and starts bleeding out. Each Turn thereafter one Hit will convert to a Wound, and when the number of Wounds equals the character's Health the character dies. This process halts when the character receives treatment that reduces the Hit/Wound total to less than the character's Health. When bleeding out, any attacks are automatic Wounds.
Death Outside of Combat: First, Hits only exist during and just after combat. Any damage incurred outside of combat results in Wounds. Second, there are two situations of death outside of combat.
1) Death from a long-term affliction, such as an illness, occurs when the number of Wounds meets or exceeds Health. That's it. Dead. You had plenty of time to do something about it and yet here you are, rolling up another character. You have no one to blame but yourself.
2) If the number of Wounds exceeds Health because of a sudden trauma -- traps, falling rocks, instantaneous vertical deceleration, etc. -- the character falls unconscious and loses 1 Health each Turn (either Combat or Adventure, depending on game factors). When Health reaches 0, the character dies. The character recovers when treated so that the number of Wounds is less than the current Health. The loss of Health is permanent.
Bonus post that I'm going to count as credit some time later
Fatigue: The number of Turns a character can perform a strenuous task is the size of the character's Stamina stat. After this point must rest or suffer a penalty to further skill rolls. (I'm still trying to decide whether the penalty will be an increase in the Target Number or an increase in the number of Successes required. Time to crunch some more numbers.)
Some definitions
Size of stat: The Rank of die allowed by a Depth stat (1-5) or the maximum number of dice allowed in a pool by a Width stat (1-10).
Size of a pool: the number of dice actually in the pool.
Time in Pools of Radiance
I'm sticking with the terminology used in Ə and using Combat, Adventure, and Travel Turns. However, unlike Ə, these time units represent a specific amount of time: Combat - 12 seconds, Adventure - 50 Combat Turns or 10 minutes, Travel - 300 Combat Turns or 6 Adventure Turns or 1 hour.
Death in PoR
Death in Combat: When the number of Wounds and Hits meets or exceeds the character's Health (note that damage does not take away from a character's Health but Health is the amount damage a character can take) the character falls unconscious and starts bleeding out. Each Turn thereafter one Hit will convert to a Wound, and when the number of Wounds equals the character's Health the character dies. This process halts when the character receives treatment that reduces the Hit/Wound total to less than the character's Health. When bleeding out, any attacks are automatic Wounds.
Death Outside of Combat: First, Hits only exist during and just after combat. Any damage incurred outside of combat results in Wounds. Second, there are two situations of death outside of combat.
1) Death from a long-term affliction, such as an illness, occurs when the number of Wounds meets or exceeds Health. That's it. Dead. You had plenty of time to do something about it and yet here you are, rolling up another character. You have no one to blame but yourself.
2) If the number of Wounds exceeds Health because of a sudden trauma -- traps, falling rocks, instantaneous vertical deceleration, etc. -- the character falls unconscious and loses 1 Health each Turn (either Combat or Adventure, depending on game factors). When Health reaches 0, the character dies. The character recovers when treated so that the number of Wounds is less than the current Health. The loss of Health is permanent.
Bonus post that I'm going to count as credit some time later
Fatigue: The number of Turns a character can perform a strenuous task is the size of the character's Stamina stat. After this point must rest or suffer a penalty to further skill rolls. (I'm still trying to decide whether the penalty will be an increase in the Target Number or an increase in the number of Successes required. Time to crunch some more numbers.)
Getting me free admission into gaming conventions for a decade