Reduced Characteristics Means Modifiers Change?

[sshinn]

Maybe I read the rules too quickly and maybe I missed something.

When Endurance, Strength and Dexterity get reduced due to wounds, do your characteristics modifiers go down to reflect that drop? For example when my Strength-15 with modifier +3 drops to Strength-1 due to wounds, does my modifier adjust to -2? Or are characteristics changes due to wounds treated as a separate bucket?

Thanks in advance!

-- Stan

 

[AndrewW]

Modifers are based on your current scores, so yes if the score goes down (from wounds or whatever) so does the modifier. Or up for that matter.

 

[sshinn]

Thanks!

 

[locarno24]

Yup. Think about it narratively; a wound reducing your DEX might be (for example) a shot to the muscle of the leg. This should, logically, impact your ability to pass acrobatics checks.

People on the edge of unconciousness from massive gunshot wounds tend not to be big on co-ordinated physical exertion.