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JoelSammallahti · 12-20-2006, 06:40 AM

Basic Set says: "In the example above, the Blindness would only end once the victim's HP reached the halfway point." I'm starting to believe this means that even damage with Symptoms has no memory, as you very well put it.

So, you get hit with two attacks, each of which has Symptoms, let's say one has Appearance: Hideous and the other has Stuttering, with the 1/2 HP threshold, and each one does 10 points of damage. You have 12 HP, so you're at -8. You're ugly and you stutter until you've healed up to 6, at which time you're cured of both symptoms.

Well, that's clear enough and playable.

Going back to my other questions, how does one model an attack that causes wounds which don't heal? One might make Unhealing a Side Effect or Symptom. In the first case, would one put the Extended Duration enhancement on the Unhealing disadvantage, the Side Effect enhancement, or the Innate Attack advantage?

What if one wanted to limit the Unhealing to wounds caused by that specific attack, not just any damage the victim suffers? Would one limit the Unhealing disadvantage, and would -80% be a fair limitation value?

12-20-2006, 06:40 AM	#5
JoelSammallahti Join Date: Aug 2004	Re: Questions about healing wounds Basic Set says: "In the example above, the Blindness would only end once the victim's HP reached the halfway point." I'm starting to believe this means that even damage with Symptoms has no memory, as you very well put it. So, you get hit with two attacks, each of which has Symptoms, let's say one has Appearance: Hideous and the other has Stuttering, with the 1/2 HP threshold, and each one does 10 points of damage. You have 12 HP, so you're at -8. You're ugly and you stutter until you've healed up to 6, at which time you're cured of both symptoms. Well, that's clear enough and playable. Going back to my other questions, how does one model an attack that causes wounds which don't heal? One might make Unhealing a Side Effect or Symptom. In the first case, would one put the Extended Duration enhancement on the Unhealing disadvantage, the Side Effect enhancement, or the Innate Attack advantage? What if one wanted to limit the Unhealing to wounds caused by that specific attack, not just any damage the victim suffers? Would one limit the Unhealing disadvantage, and would -80% be a fair limitation value?