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Originally Posted by Bayarea
Well then basically then -7 means death for a 12 ST character unless he rolls an automatic success roll, that seems a little harsh.
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Getting whacked to -7 ST *is* serious! With a healing potion etc. one might improve a bit, but mostly it comes into play when a player of moderate strength is at -1 or -2 or -3, giving hope that after the encounter they might survive.
We like TFT deadly, enough so that you have to play well, and resort to dangerous combat only when really necessary, not as first go-to as a regular rule. Knowing one can survive poor, sloppy, or unreasonable play just encourages more of it.
And this assumes medical help usually, left alone at -3 to bleed out or die of dehydration will be the result otherwise, which addresses a concern I read in a post somewhere near here. NPCs, with aid, can sometimes recover to be questioned etc. but left alone will usually die without having to resort to systematic body rolling and throat slitting, though if you want to hasten demise and have the time and inclination, it is an option.