04-08-2008, 07:33 PM | #1 |
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A subtle question of Magic and Death
Suppose you have this healthy chap with an adjusted HT roll of 16.
Suppose he is severely injured and rolls a 17 on a Death Check. He has failed but not failed by more than 1 or 2 so it's a Mortal Wound rather than instant death. With the 17 we are also avoiding questions of Critical Failure and religious questions (Hierokybocracy "rule of sacred cubes") involving whether you always die when you roll an 18. So he's in the Mortally Wounded condition and may even be conscious. That's left to the GM's decision (see B. 423). Now let us suppose that he has the Enchanted Item for the Stop Bleeding Spell. The Item part is important. The Spell itself would only stabilize his Mortal Wound. The Item _prevents_ Mortal Wounds. So, he's at least -1x HP and he's failed a HT check but he's not Mortally Wounded (and has not met any other conditions for automatic death). What is he? In an actual game situation (and this could come up in a game I'm running) I would simply say 'Unconscious" and move on but I am academically curious as to what the "correct" answer should be as Gurps sees this thing.
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04-08-2008, 07:43 PM | #2 |
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Re: A subtle question of Magic and Death
Well my PC wizard has a HT of 10, bleeds like a pig(no hemophila tho), and heals poorly as he is too stubborn to take to bed. I may not wait for the offical answer on this thread...
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04-08-2008, 11:25 PM | #3 | |
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04-09-2008, 06:24 PM | #6 | |
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I'd have it result in the wearer dropping, but remaining alive and not mortally wounded - as if he'd made the check by the margin of his levels of Hard to Kill. Alternatively I might just rule the thing grants a level or two of Hard to Kill.
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04-09-2008, 11:03 PM | #9 | |
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Sorry, couldn't resist. More seriously: my first thought was "unconscious," but on reflection I think Captain-Captain is correct. An item which prevents mortal wounds treats mortal wounds as successes on HT rolls, so by RAW he'd be fine. In practice I would prefer to houserule the item in question so it converted a failure to a Hard-to-Kill-like temporary coma. -Max |
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