Editing RULES

'''Dying''': When Wound damage exceeds life points, make a ENDurance (Vitality + Willpower) check every minute. Start at Easy, then +4 every subsequent roll.  

<br>: A character who has taken an Exceptional hit from a Wounding Weapon (gun, blade, etc..) or a Called Shot to the Head or Vitals is bleeding. The bleeding person takes d2 Basic Damage according to his or her level of activity   

Natural Recovery:  After one day, any character who took wound damage must make an Endurance (Vit+ Will) check to go on the mend (See table for difficulty check).

<br>Surgery: Once a character is stable (not bleeding), a person trained in Medicine can assist in the recovery process, this is called Surgery but may also include setting bones, suturing wounds and other activities. The total needed is based on the total number of wounds taken (See Table):

Life Support Checks - for every time increment in surgery, wounded person makes a Vitality check + Willpower starting at Easy (3) to remain stable. (Wounds that did not result from exceptional hits, fire or radiation use 10 minute increments, the rest 30 minutes). Each increment this becomes more difficult (+4). If the patient misses a check, the doctor must make an Average (7) medical check to restabilize the patient, or the patient takes d2W and then the Doctor must apply first aid (Hard) to restabilize the patient.  

If there is another doctor assisting (an anesthesiologist) and they have minimal life support equipment, then the Anesthesiologist makes an average check each increment, and only when she fails a roll (or the surgeon botches) does the patient need to make a vitality check. The Anesthesiologist can handle all the first aid checks while the surgeon works.. Anyone with some medical training can perform that role.  

Surgery Fatigue - Surgery is a tiring activity. Keep in mind every half hour of surgery counts as eight hours of being awake. After 24 “hours” of being awake a character is considered fatigue (-2 stun, -1 Step to Attributes). After 48 “hours” another -2 stun, and -2 Step penalty.

If two or more people are making rolls (switching off) surgery is less taxing, multiply the time increment by each additional person (1 hour or surgery for two people, 1.5 hours of surgery for 3 people, 2 hours for 4, etc.)

Medical Mysteries: After reaching halfway in an surgery, those involved make Average Alertness Medicine checks, if that fails (for all) the doctors missed something crucial and the points going into the surgery are reset to zero, as if no surgery had been done.  After a surgery is complete, the surgeon(s) must make an Alertness  + Medicine roll at the original wound level to determine if all the wounds have been healed. Medical Computer grants +2 Skill Steps on that roll. If that is failed, there will be lasting damage unless another surgery takes place before all the wounds are healed. After that, the wounds are permanent. GM will determine the extent and nature of the lasting damage. Lasting damage should manifest in some way within a week.

On the Mend: Once a character is on the mend, he or she begins to recover wound points.

• A character who engages in very light activity or rest (no skill rolls) recovers 1 Life point per day.

• A character who engages in moderate activity (no heavy lifting/combat/strength based rolls) recovers 1 Life point per two days.

• A character engaging in combat, strength or vitality based skills, does not recover that day. And she must make an Endurance check each hour starting at Easy, and then Average, Hard, etc.. or suffer d2 of wound damage.

Ongoing Care: Once a character is "on the mend" he or she can receive continual care from a qualified person (with Medical Expertise). Each day the character receives such care she gains an additional life point. The caregiver makes an EASY check to provide this benefit (assumes use of medical supplies or penalties). For each additional patient under a caregiver's care, increase the difficulty of all the rolls by one step. (Easy -> Average -> Hard, etc..).

Lasting Injury:  A character who has taken more than half her life points in a single attack sustains a lasting injury. This lasts until they've heal all the wounds from that encounter (even wounds from other attacks).  A character who has taken more than her life points in a combat remains "wounded" and suffers the wound penalty until they recover all the life points lost in that encounter.  

Lasting Damage: If some wound is missed in surgery or untreated, it will reappear at a later date (See Medical Mysteries) . Lasting damage can manifest in a number of ways. (Samples)

• Inability to Heal 1d4 wounds (character’s life points do not return to maximum), this may be  not be obvious to the character until he or she suffers new wounds.

• Intense pain suffered from any hit that does maximum damage (automatically “wounds” the character, and if already suffering wound penalty makes it 3 step penalty.)

• Sudden physical weakness (-2 steps to physical stats after strenuous activity, lasts 1d6 x 10 minutes).

• Sudden dizziness (-2 steps to all stats, lasts 1d12 turns) after second wind.

• Internal Bleeding. Roll Vitality + Vitality 1 minute after any damage, a botch indicates internal bleeding D2 wounds has begun once per minute.  

• Fever – Treat every hour of fever as 24 hours of being awake for fatigue (-2 Stun, -1 step attributes)

• Convulsions when agitated or excited. Character is rendered unable to act and takes 1d6 Shock points.  

• Nerve Damage – Character suffers -4 step attribute penalty to alertness checks in that area (injuries there are not registered nor do they cause wound penalties for 10-60 minutes).  

Once symptoms have been evidenced, a doctor can make Complex Medical check (vs. the original wound number) alternating intelligence and alertness. A medical library will give a +2 Step Skill bonus to the Intelligence checks, a medical computer will give a +2 step skill bonus to the Alertness  checks.  After it is found a new surgery can be performed to remove it (at one half the original surgery number)

PHARMACEUTICALS

Standard Drugs (in Standard and Emergency Medical Supplies)

Stimulant: An Easy (3) medical check to add stun back to a character immediately and an Average (7) check to remove shock points. Easy check to remove Fatigue penalties (but not stun).  

• First Aid Kit = 1d2 Stun  (1 step of fatigue)

• Standard Supplies = 1d6 Stun/Shock (2 steps of fatigue (or two hours of 1 step))

• Emergency Supplies = 1d12 Stun/shock (3 steps of fatigue (or three hours of 1 step))

Adreneline: An Easy (3) Int + medical check to add1 Step to Physical Attributes for one hour (after that -1 step to all attributes for one hour). A Hard Willpower + Medical check to grant a +4 Step bonus to Reviving the Dead checks (if applied to the heart).  

Pain Killer:  An Easy (3) Int + Medical check to reduce wound penalties to traits.

• Analgesic -  removes 1 step of wound penalties for one hour.  

• Endorphin -  Ignore stun damage except to Alertness and Intelligence for one hour, after which one is fatigued.  

Tranquilizer: You must make a Heroic Resistance (19) (Vitality + Vitality) roll. Failure means you slump to the ground unconscious. Success puts you at a –3 step to Agility, Alertness, and Willpower for an hour.

Sample Exotic Drugs (must be purchased separately)

Nootropic: Easy Medical Roll for +1 step Intelligence for one hour, after which -1 step Intelligence for one hour. (€5/dose)

Cardiale: Hard (11) Intelligence + Medicine check. Radically slows the vital processes, reducing the rate of dying to one roll per 15 minutes. A botch will do 1d6 wounds damage. Using Cardiale also doubles the rate that Life Support checks need to be made but increases the difficulty to Hard (11). (€5/dose)

Chempliant: You must make a Formidable (15) Willpower + Discipline check to resist a simple command (walk, answer question, sit, stay, etc..). The more complicated an instruction the more likely you will do nothing or something random (-4 to – 11 check). (€5/dose)

Felinal: One dose grants the character low light vision for 1d6 hours – try low light as full daylight, and complete darkness as low light. However, try daylight as lowlight for character and bright lights as complete blindness. (€1/dose)

Kaleidoscope: Increases Alertness by 3 steps for 1 hour, but also increases the chance of a botch to all 1s, 2s, and 3s (as per Risky Business).  Afterwards, character is fatigued. Popular recreationally.(€1/dose)

Focusal: Gives a +2 step attribute bonus for Complex actions for one hour. Character suffers -2 step penalty to Alertness during that time, and is fatigued afterward. Focusal also doubles the benefit of Aiming (+2 steps per round aiming).  (€10/dose)