Weakness questions

[sir_pudding]

Originally Posted by Bruno

You realize you're telling one of the line editors you want an official confirmation of his ruling, right?

Maybe it's like asking a public figure to confirm a soundbite? "Mr. Levine! Mr. Levine! Did you indeed mean what you said about FP damage on the 16th?"

[lexington]

Originally Posted by white33

Hmm..
Not sure i agree with that.
From a conceptual point of view this seems to work differently than what a "drains your strength" type of weakness would represent.
I would imagine "Weakness" disadvantage + "FP only"(with the word "only" right there in the name), would cause you to lose FP, and FP only. Once you pass out, you remain unconscious until recovered(obviously remaining in contact with whatever causes the weakness would insure that the character in question won't start recovering).
Furthermore, i just don't feel "FP only" would be worth it's -50% tag if it can just kill you like that. Hell, it can be arguably a deadlier disadvantage, specially for someone with high HP and relatively low FP, causing you to lose consciousness comparatively quickly before it starts to kill you...
Anyways, this is precisely the kind of clarification missing in the books. Would be nice to have an official confirmation.

Maybe you can port the steal ST modifier from Leech over to Weakness.

[Not another shrubbery]

Originally Posted by white33

Furthermore, i just don't feel "FP only" would be worth it's -50% tag if it can just kill you like that. Hell, it can be arguably a deadlier disadvantage, specially for someone with high HP and relatively low FP, causing you to lose consciousness comparatively quickly before it starts to kill you...

Fatigue Only on Weakness might make more sense ITR when compared to the same-named modifier for Vulnerability.

The Steal FP version of Leech is a RAW trait that explicitly stops at FP=0... without such a mention, it seems best to assume that losses follow the normal rules that RPK cites.