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Originally Posted by Drakyrias
Perhaps I'm being dense but can someone help me read the critical failure entries?
I understand what the abbreviations mean, but is it pick your poison or do all apply?
I understand that on an 18 I'm supposed to use results after the / mark but in the case of crippling wounds its supposed to be in addition to damage rolled, which implies that in the cases of guards/soldiers I'm supposed to roll 2d/4d and they suffer a crippling injury.
This especially confuses me when multiple damage codes are listed for the same job (i.e. Military officer and 3d/3i, 5d)
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All the appropriate results apply.
Using "Military officer or knight" from the Jobs Table (p. B194) as an example, it goes like this:
On an ordinary critical failure, you lose 2 months income
and take 3d generic damage (i.e., don't bother rolling for hit location or worry about whether it's all one wound or several).
On a critical failure that's a natural 18, you lose three months' income
and you take 5d generic damage
and you lose the job.
For a "Guard or soldier" (p. B194):
On an ordinary critical failure, take 3d generic damage.
On a natural 18 lose your job
and take 5d generic damage.
Frankly, I'm lost on why you think crippling wounds apply, though if they've role-played a skirmish or other job-related combat and received a crippling injury there, the generic damage is additional to, but separate from, any unhealed damage from that injury. I.E., the generic damage isn't the crippling injury being aggravated, but the crippling injury damage doesn't substitute for the generic damage, either.
As an aside, I assume lose your job means a complete loss, not a demotion. If our former military officer/knight wants to be a soldier/guard with his old outfit, he has to try for that job like everyone else.