Thread: Radiation
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Old 01-18-2012, 06:57 PM   #20
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Default Re: Radiation

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Originally Posted by Jonas View Post
I do wonder how one might model this for the PC's.
The easiest way is to let all radiation dose heal. Just like you don't worry about chronic injury when your barbarian warrior gets run through with a spear but manages to survive. I haven't seen a lot of evidence that acute radiation effects cannot be healed with time (chronic exposure certainly does build up, though).

For chronic exposure, you could just say that after 5 years spent in space, make a HT check. If you fail, you get Terminally Ill (10 - margin of failure years, minimum 1 year).

GURPS radiation injury also sets in at much lower doses than you see in real life - 1 to 10 rads is not going to cause any effects.

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