06-27-2015, 07:49 AM | #1 |
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What does 1 point of burn damage look like?
What does 1 point of injury due to burn damage look like? What about 2? 3? 4?
I invoke the collective brilliance of the GURPS forum community. I ask because I'm thinking about how much phaser burn to link to the stun settings in my Star Trek game. I was coming up with something like this - I was going to have special dice made: PHASER BURN DICE UT Raw: 1d-3 for TL9 Electrolasers, except for Heavy Rifle which is 1d-2. So 0,0,0,1,2,3 and 0,0,1,2,3,4. Or 50% 3 max and 67% 4 max. Idea for an 8-sided did: BCS RoF 3: HT-4 sec stunned - 0,0,0,1,1,0,0,0 burn when choosing RoF 1 STN RoF 1: HT-2 min unconscious - 0,0,0,1,1,2,0,0 burn HVY RoF 1: HT-3 min unconscious - 0,0,0,1,1,2,3,0 or 50% 3 max burn MAX RoF 1: HT-4 min unconscious - 0,0,0,1,1,2,3,4 or 62.5% 4 max burn So, an 8-sided die: blank,blank,blank,1,1,2,3,4 BCS does 1 pt of damage based on rolling RoF or less (except holdout phaser always does 0 pts.) Stun does damage as rolled, ignoring results greater than the HT penalty. But then I got to thinking, do I really want my Type-2 Star Trek hand phasers, with their HVY stun setting, potentially doing 3 points of burn damage? Is that just too much?
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06-27-2015, 10:04 AM | #2 |
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Re: What does 1 point of burn damage look like?
I'd say once you reach actual points of damage you're doing blister damage. So, 1 point? 2nd degree burn.
But this might also be dependent on how many HP the recipient has, as 1HP damage on a limb of a small creature might be enough to cripple it, which is far more critical than a '2nd degree burn'. |
06-27-2015, 11:48 AM | #3 |
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Re: What does 1 point of burn damage look like?
Well, smack yourself with a torch, and tell me how it looks =)
That's a point of burn damage IIRC. |
06-27-2015, 12:23 PM | #4 |
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Re: What does 1 point of burn damage look like?
Given that 5 points of injury will cripple a normal mans limb, 3 points of burn is a significant injury that would be at lest at the cusp between 2nd and 3rd degree burns.
But then again, according to The Undiscovered County, at close range a heavy stun to the head can kill.
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06-27-2015, 12:26 PM | #5 |
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Re: What does 1 point of burn damage look like?
Remember, 60 such burns guarantee the death of an average man so if it's too small a burn for that many of that size to do so they're 0-HP burns.
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06-27-2015, 02:16 PM | #6 |
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Re: What does 1 point of burn damage look like?
The important thing with burns is surface area more than depth. You could probably get a decent approximation by saying that a burn over 1% of body surface counts as 1 point of damage. That would be either hand, either foot, the groin, or a significant fraction of the face—though those areas are more sensitive and realistically should count double. Get up past 50% of the body surface burned and survival is certainly at serious risk, though modern medicine may be able to keep you from dying with intensive care.
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06-27-2015, 03:54 PM | #7 |
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Re: What does 1 point of burn damage look like?
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Re: What does 1 point of burn damage look like?
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Thanks for all the comments so far. They've all been helpful.
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06-27-2015, 07:07 PM | #9 |
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Re: What does 1 point of burn damage look like?
In reality, age is by far the most important factor in surviving serious burns. Surface area burn percentages that have little chance to kill a healthy child is sure death for even a super healthy 40 year old.
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Re: What does 1 point of burn damage look like?
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