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 Oct 27 2004, 05:07 PM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 21 Joined: 22-October 04 Member No.: 6,782  |
If a character who had a deadly wound fails their body test to heal the damage while in a hospital, how long must they wait until they can try it again? What about with stun damage also?
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Oct 27 2004, 05:10 PM
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Genuine Artificial Intelligence Group: Members Posts: 4,019 Joined: 12-June 03 Member No.: 4,715 |
Base time.
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Oct 27 2004, 05:12 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 21 Joined: 22-October 04 Member No.: 6,782 |
Wow, so a character with a deadly wound who fails their body test has to wait a month before trying again? That'll teach people to only put 2 in body :).
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Oct 27 2004, 05:13 PM
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Ain Soph Aur Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,477 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Montreal, Canada Member No.: 600 |
Yes, yes it will. |
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Oct 27 2004, 05:29 PM
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Senior GM Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 1,406 Joined: 12-April 03 From: Redmond, WA Member No.: 4,442 |
But it'll only teach them slowly.
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Oct 28 2004, 03:38 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,640 Joined: 6-June 04 Member No.: 6,383 |
Hardcore, I thought that it just *took* base time. If they have to *wait* base time, that rocks, because they could potentially become deeply indebted.
Wow, this game gets better every day. *air riffs* |
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Oct 28 2004, 05:27 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 400 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 825 |
I've always played it that if you fail a Body test while hospitalized, it simply meant that the wound heals in the base time. I can't find anything in the rules requiring a re-roll to try and heal the same wound level again, especially in the hospital.
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Oct 28 2004, 01:11 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 65 Joined: 3-April 02 Member No.: 2,507 |
I took it to mean that if the players rolled Body and scored one success they healed according to the base time.
If they fail, as in get zero successes, I figured it meant their body was not able to naturally recover from the damage at all and after 30 days (or whatever) are still on a Deadly. |
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Oct 28 2004, 01:25 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 541 Joined: 2-August 04 From: South Africa Member No.: 6,531 |
Yes that is correct. He must be stabilised. the body role is for quicker recovery, to cut base time down to heal quicker. Otherwise he heals the deadly to serious in a month. |
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Oct 28 2004, 01:29 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 541 Joined: 2-August 04 From: South Africa Member No.: 6,531 |
no successes and one success would be base time. 2 successes 15 days 3 succeses 10 days 4 succeses 7 days Not that they cannot heal a wound level faster than a day. |
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Oct 28 2004, 02:47 PM
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Genuine Artificial Intelligence Group: Members Posts: 4,019 Joined: 12-June 03 Member No.: 4,715 |
The section on healing does not explicitly say that a failed test results in healing after the base time. Therefore, I think we should assume that it works like every other test in the game.
The base time is divided by the number of succeses to find the actual time. If the test is failed, you wait the base time and then try again. If you fail your test to crack a maglock it doesn't automatically work after the base time, you have to wait and try again. Occasionally tests will say that, after a certain portion of the base time has passed, you may realize that you've completely failed and start over. Such is the case with programming. You can realize that your program plan is fundamentally flawed before you spend the entire base time. No such comment in the healing section. The healing section does have one deviation from the standard task time rules. It has a minimum time, such that even if one-billion successes are rolled, healing still takes a minimum time, rather than one billionth of the base time. |
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Oct 28 2004, 02:59 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 541 Joined: 2-August 04 From: South Africa Member No.: 6,531 |
So if you don't make the test you are telling me the body "refuses to heal" and that at the end of that month he has to try and heal a deadly wound. If he fails again he has to wait another month. Therefore now 2 months trying to heal a deadly wound.
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Oct 28 2004, 03:02 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,889 Joined: 3-August 03 From: A CPI rank 1 country Member No.: 5,222 |
Yes.
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Oct 28 2004, 03:16 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 903 Joined: 11-December 02 From: The other end of your computer screen Member No.: 3,724 |
No. Your body doesn't refuse to heal. Your body can't heal for any given reason you feel like making like the occurance of the damage being severe enough to merit it...example: point blank range with a shotgun to the lungs but you somehow made it to the hospital. Other reasons could be that your body is simply seriously fu$%ed up from a fire-fight...I mean...if you really almost died from the wounds suffered in SR in a fire-fight...yeesh. I think I'd welcome 2 months in a bed! On the other hand, if you (as a GM) think that the result doesn't fit the injury (2 months for near death from being hit by a car) then by all means go on and adjust the results. |
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Oct 28 2004, 03:18 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,640 Joined: 6-June 04 Member No.: 6,383 |
Good to know. Last time someone got 0 successes, it caused a divide by zero error and the universe crashed. We had to reboot and wait for life to appear from scratch.
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Oct 28 2004, 03:18 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 541 Joined: 2-August 04 From: South Africa Member No.: 6,531 |
So a Character with low body could stay Deadly and not heal at all!
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Oct 28 2004, 03:25 PM
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Canon Companion Group: Members Posts: 8,021 Joined: 2-March 03 From: The Morgue, Singapore LTG Member No.: 4,187 |
I think it is known as a coma.
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Oct 28 2004, 03:31 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,889 Joined: 3-August 03 From: A CPI rank 1 country Member No.: 5,222 |
For several months, yes. Assuming his BOD really sucks, he's extremely unlucky, and he's given substandard care by people who don't know what the fuck they're doing. No intensive care, no long-term magical care, BOD and WIL both 3 or less, "doctor's" Biotech (Extended Care) skill is 1, and someone with a BOD of 2 will get from Deadly to Serious in an average of 6 months or so.
Assume a good doctor (Biotech 6), either BOD or WIL at 4-6 and you're looking at a TN of 5. Add intensive care and it's 3. Add long-term magical care and it's 1. This post has been edited by Austere Emancipator: Oct 28 2004, 03:33 PM |
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Oct 28 2004, 03:37 PM
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Canon Companion Group: Members Posts: 8,021 Joined: 2-March 03 From: The Morgue, Singapore LTG Member No.: 4,187 |
The final TN is 2. TNs are never 1.
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Oct 28 2004, 03:43 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,889 Joined: 3-August 03 From: A CPI rank 1 country Member No.: 5,222 |
The TN can be whatever, TNs below 2 are just considered 2s for the purpose of making the test. It's important that the TN would actually be 1 at this point, because things like being awakened and having cyber/bio can further modify the TN.
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Oct 28 2004, 04:01 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 903 Joined: 11-December 02 From: The other end of your computer screen Member No.: 3,724 |
unless you use a 7 sided die faced 0-6 :P |
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Oct 28 2004, 04:11 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Minimum speed for D damage from a vehicle on a character: 60 meters/turn. That equates to just under 45 MPH. I could see that taking months to recover from. ~J |
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Oct 28 2004, 08:55 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 47 Joined: 13-October 04 Member No.: 6,757 |
HAHAHA I needed that... long day coding here... Feonyx |
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