Diseases, poisons and opposed rolls
- Thread starter Deleriad
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Blackyinkin
Mongoose
Hi,
The likelyhood would be the player suffering minor fatigue and the onset of symptoms, but that they never come to fruition. Give them a scare, make them think they are ill. You know that feeling, when you are convinced you have a cold or flu, but then nothing happens.
In the case of a poison, it would be a queasy feeling, a short lived but worrying pain, but nothing more.
Perhaps the character drops a fatigue level for a short duration.
Trust me I am a nurse.
Simon
The likelyhood would be the player suffering minor fatigue and the onset of symptoms, but that they never come to fruition. Give them a scare, make them think they are ill. You know that feeling, when you are convinced you have a cold or flu, but then nothing happens.
In the case of a poison, it would be a queasy feeling, a short lived but worrying pain, but nothing more.
Perhaps the character drops a fatigue level for a short duration.
Trust me I am a nurse.
Simon
Deleriad
Mongoose
Blackyinkin said:
That would be my first approach however this does mean that poisons and diseases would be a lot less powerful than previously.
E.g. a previous contest of Manticore venom pot 50% vs resilience 50% would, unsurprisingly have ended up with 50/50 odds. Now though the poison is effectively resisted three times out of four as it has to both make its roll and overcome resistance.
This is not necessarily a problem but is worth bearing in mind.
2nd edition poisons were an absolute killer so a change might not be that bad.
The loss of con=the poison strength or even just 1/2 strength if you did not have an antidote has killed many a PC in my games, especially when already wounded just on a dice roll for which the PC has no control over.
Killing any PC just because the dice said so is a bit harsh and as a reuslt I had a tendency to avoid poisons
FNG
The loss of con=the poison strength or even just 1/2 strength if you did not have an antidote has killed many a PC in my games, especially when already wounded just on a dice roll for which the PC has no control over.
Killing any PC just because the dice said so is a bit harsh and as a reuslt I had a tendency to avoid poisons
FNG
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