[Basic] Disadvantage of the Week: Deafness and Hard of Hearing

[johndallman]

Originally Posted by Bruno

I think Tactical Shooting is the book that has rules about temporarily (or permanently) suffering Hard of Hearing as a result of firing a gun in an enclosed place, or extensively.

It does. Using a suppressor avoids all chance of hearing loss; without one, you get temporary Hard of Hearing for 20-HT minutes then roll HT every second to recover. A critical failure on the first roll means you have acquired Hard of Hearing permanently. Protected Hearing, or the cut-down version Robust Hearing from Tactical Shooting, help against this.

[Þorkell]

Originally Posted by Bruno

Yes, helmets as a rule inflict Hard of Hearing if they have face coverage, and probably should apply some kind of Hearing penalty even if they don't.

Is there a rule in some book somewhere I can look at? I'm pretty sure we've been making **** up about this as it happened and it would be nice to see how the actual books handled it.

[gikiski]

Originally Posted by Þorkell

Is there a rule in some book somewhere I can look at?

Re: Hard of Hearing. In Low Tech (p.111 - p.112), every helmet description except Pot Helm, even Coif if you add padding.