Wound
Wounds are fresh injuries to one of the fourteen separate body locations, commonly received as part of combat. Each wound has a severity level between 1 and 3. Minor wounds (level 1) have minimal effects aside from combat maneuver penalties. More severe wounds will typically bleed and carry substantial mechanical penalties, and may prevent characters from performing certain actions.
The severity of a inflicted wound depends on the critical portion of the combat system, and may be reduced by wearing more protective armor.
Empaths can heal another's character's wounds directly by transferring the wound onto themselves. Otherwise, wounds can be healed by using herbs, which will leave a possibly debilitating scar until subsequently mended with scar-removal herbs.
Wounds
| Location | Lvl. 1 | Lvl. 2 | Lvl. 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| head | minor bruises about the head | minor lacerations about the head and a possible mild concussion | severe head trauma and bleeding from the ears |
| neck | minor bruises on your neck | moderate bleeding from your neck | snapped bones and serious bleeding from the neck |
| chest | minor cuts and bruises on your chest | deep lacerations across your chest | deep gashes and serious bleeding from your chest |
| abdomen | minor cuts and bruises on your abdominal area | deep lacerations across your abdominal area | deep gashes and serious bleeding from your abdominal area |
| back | minor cuts and bruises on your back | deep lacerations across your back | deep gashes and serious bleeding from your back |
| right eye | a bruised right eye | a swollen right eye | a blinded right eye |
| left eye | a bruised left eye | a swollen left eye | a blinded left eye |
| right leg | some minor cuts and bruises on your right leg | a fractured and bleeding right leg | a completely severed right leg |
| left leg | some minor cuts and bruises on your left leg | a fractured and bleeding left leg | a completely severed left leg |
| right arm | some minor cuts and bruises on your right arm | a fractured and bleeding right arm | a completely severed right arm |
| left arm | some minor cuts and bruises on your left arm | a fractured and bleeding left arm | a completely severed left arm |
| right hand | some minor cuts and bruises on your right hand | a fractured and bleeding right hand | a completely severed right hand |
| left hand | some minor cuts and bruises on your left hand | a fractured and bleeding left hand | a completely severed left hand |
| nervous system | a strange case of muscle twitching | a case of sporadic convulsions | a case of uncontrollable convulsions |
Scars
Scars are the remnants of old wounds that have been partially healed through herbs or empathic self-healing. Scars can be healed by using specific scar-removal herbs or empath spells, but if there is both a scar and a fresh wound on the same location then the wound must be healed first. A character who is healed by an empath will not have a scar.
| Location | Lvl. 1 | Lvl. 2 | Lvl. 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| head | a scar across your face | several facial scars | old mutilation wounds about your head |
| neck | a scar across your neck | some old neck wounds | terrible scars from some serious neck injury |
| chest | an old battle scar across your chest | several painful-looking scars across your chest | terrible, permanent mutilation of your chest muscles |
| abdomen | an old battle scar across your abdominal area | several painful-looking scars across your abdominal area | terrible, permanent mutilation of your abdominal muscles |
| back | an old battle scar across your back | several painful-looking scars across your back | terrible, permanent mutilation of your back muscles |
| right eye | a black-and-blue right eye | severe bruises and swelling around your right eye | a missing right eye |
| left eye | a black-and-blue left eye | severe bruises and swelling around your left eye | a missing left eye |
| right leg | old battle scars on your right leg | a mangled right leg | a missing right leg |
| left leg | old battle scars on your left leg | a mangled left leg | a missing left leg |
| right arm | old battle scars on your right arm | a mangled right arm | a missing right arm |
| left arm | old battle scars on your left arm | a mangled left arm | a missing left arm |
| right hand | old battle scars on your right hand | a mangled right hand | a missing right hand |
| left hand | old battle scars on your left hand | a mangled left hand | a missing left hand |
| nervous system | developed slurred speech | constant muscle spasms | a very difficult time with muscle control |
Wound Penalties
Any active wounds will penalize maneuvers and profession services, as will any rank 2 scars.
Rank 2 wounds usually bleed.
Rank 1 scars never have any mechanical penalties. More significant scars have penalties similar to wounds of the same level.
Wounds and scars on specific parts of the body may completely restrict certain activities. In certain cases, having wounds on both sides of the body also restricts activities.
Sigil of Determination allows you to ignore penalties from rank 2 and lower wounds, including combined penalties from multiple wounds. It does not allow you to ignore penalties from rank 3 wounds.
| Wound Location | Rank 2 | Rank 3 | Rank 2 + Rank 1 | Rank 2 + Rank 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| head | prevents searching, spellcasting | prevents searching, spellcasting | ||
| neck | ||||
| abdomen | ||||
| back | ||||
| nervous system | prevents spellcasting | prevents spellcasting | ||
| eye | prevents searching, spellcasting | |||
| leg | prevents sneaking | prevents sneaking | ||
| arm and/or hand | prevents ranged attacks | prevents spellcasting, ranged attacks | prevents spellcasting, ranged attacks |