FAQ: Healing
From SSDC, Inc.
Are there random hit location charts for the Ram Pythons and Python Lizards (they have tails)?
If not, can you have Larry write one up or something?
A: Coming soon to a FAQ near you.
What happens when penalties for low CON drive a character below 1 body point?
Do CON reductions later in the game lower a characters BP’s? (What about SS, and resurrection %?)
A: You can only have 1 BP minimum
What happens if CON loss puts you below 1 BP?
A: You can only have 1 BP minimum
Which crit’s need medical attention before BRI’s are injected?
A: Broken bones, anything involving foreign objects, anything involving dislocated organs, anything involving drowning in blood or internal poisoning.
It says that MBRI’s will heal crit’s. Does the crit still need medical attention before the MBRI is injected?
A: Yes, see above ... BRIs will simply not cause critical wounds to heal although some BPs may be gained.
We have a few characters, who in order to keep their other stats high, have low aggression scores.
We’re playing Battlelords of the Twenty-Third Century here so OBVIOUSLY these characters are going to be combatants.
Is there anything we can do “beef up” their aggression scores so they stop running at the first sign of danger.
The tweaks in modifiers don’t help that much (especially since you guys GOT RID OF HONOR... and it’s referred to in the table!)
Of course that’s because GU came before new Battlelords book. Our Tza Zen came up with one interesting solution, we wired the wimpy characters autodoc to a remote control, and filled it full of Rage Injection serum.
It works, but it’s getting old for that character.
(By the way... would they’re be any, oh... say “detrimental” effects of this on that poor character.)
Basically they could take psychological counseling sessions ...
A: Treat this as similar to an Agility skill boost but you have to faithfully attend for the listed time, which can be a hindrance to you..
and it costs the same in skill pts etc. ... Same maximum level.
Do MBRI’s heal critical without medical attention?
A: They will heal, but things like broken bones still have to be set.
Otherwise you will get the Body Points back and a leg with a bone that is sticking out of the leg.
Mortality and MBRI’s!
a) If a character takes catastrophic damage there is no way to revive it.
Are there some high level Zen or Chatalian powers that can bring the character back in some form or another?
A: Correct. You can have a clone, or you can be reincarnated by high level Zen/Chatilian powers.
Applicable powers: Body Switch (C7), Raise Dead (Z6), Soul Savior (Z7), Reincarnate (Z8).
Soul Search(C6) is sufficient to use for Soul Savior or Reincarnate.
b) When reviving a character do you have to make the roll vs. resurrection save, or the % based or the number of BRI’s used?
A: The percentage based on the number of BRIs used.
c) Does a character have to make BOTH rolls?
A: Roll to see if they jump-start his heart, and then make a resurrection roll? Yes.
d) Are there conditions where only MBRI’s are made (in the field) or when only a resurrection roll need be made?
A: You need both rolls. Failing #1 indicates that you can't jump start him;
- 2 means you jump started him but he succumbed again to shock.
e) Is the BRI thing just used in the field when no doctors are around?
A: No. It is used in hospitals but in combination with other stimulants and procedures, which is generally more effective.
f) What does “temporarily revived mean”? That’s what MBRI’s do right?
A: No. It means that you will die soon anyhow unless proper medical care is given.
When someone is rendered unconscious (as the result of a critical hit, etc.) how long do they so remain?
A: Well, if they are at negative body points they will remain unconscious a long time.
However if they are at positive BPs then you can expect unconsciousness to remain for 2-5 minutes assuming the crit has been attended to.
If it hasn’t then it is at the GMs discretion but they probably will bleed to death.
If your character ’s head gets crushed and is regenerated and resurrected are there any attribute penalties?
A: Unless the character receives high-tech brain surgery or Zen powers, plus cosmetic surgery, assume 10-40 points lost from IQ, IN, CHA as well as the usual CON loss.
Does healing by a Zen eliminate the need for the patient to recuperate lost STR and CON over a period of days?
A: If the healing covers all effects then yes.
Will a BRI (or Zen healing, other than Awaken) restore a patient to consciousness when their BPs rise above zero?
A: Not if there is brain damage. In most cases consciousness will be restored in 1-4 minutes.
Brain damage will cause a patient to remain unconscious for hours or more.
How do you handle critical damage to a robot?
A: At the BMs discretion. Penetrating damage has a chance to cause critical malfunction or shutdown.
However there are no guidelines as of yet. No one table will cover all robots.
MBRIs are listed as curing critical wounds. Exactly how does this work in game terms?
What happens to the special damage effects from the critical table?
A: The damage effects are negated except: objects inside the wound are not removed, broken bones are not set, internal poisoning is not cured, brain damage is generally not fixed, they do not affect instant death, they do not reconnect severed spines. MBRIs do stop all bleeding damage (BRIs still require additional medical treatment).
Does a character have to have a critical wound cleaned before using a MBRI?
A: Yes, if he doesn’t want infections or other problems.
When is a character considered to have lost a limb?
A: If he takes more than 1/2 his body points to a limb other than head or torso, it is generally severed, at the BMs discretion.
For each hour in the sun Gemini’s STR and CON are reduced 5 points, to a max reduction of 20 points.
The temporarily revived from MBRI is what causes most of our confusion.
Let say I have a Furbl with 10BP, he has a Death’s Door of -10. He gets hit by a machine gun and takes 21 damage.
He is now dead. The Zen(Tza!!) medic in a moment of weakness decides to jump start him. He sticks him with MBRI’s the Furbl makes his rolls.(while the Furbl is lying there the Tza sticks his fingers in the wounds and explores, the jerk).
Does temporarily revived mean the Furbl is at -10BP, and needs more BRI’s to heal the damage?
(in addition to blood if needed, fractures treated,...)
Does temporarily revived mean the Furbl is at 0 and losing BP(at some rate such as 1BP per minute or second or sneeze)?
Does temporarily revived mean the Furbl is at 0 for a couple minutes and if not given further attention, kicks off?
A: The furbl is, at 1BP above his death’s door, going to die if not given proper medical care (ie paramedic procedures, surgery, whatever is appropriate), not able to be moved without extreme care (stretcher, immobilizer).
More BRI’s will raise his BPs but may not cure his being on the edge of death depending on what ails him.
In this case he requires some treatment for shock, and possibly blood transfusions.
However, additional BRIs can be used to stop bleeding, as can various standard medical treatments (stitches).
Please explain the critical hit and hit location system.
The way we understand it is that unless the person takes a called shot the target is hit in the torso.
However, if a person wants to use the critical hit chart and hit locations in accordance with that rule there is a contradiction.
For example, if Fredd the Python were to strike Eddie the Eridani and not say where he wanted to hit Eddie, it would be assumed that Eddie was hit in the torso.
Now Fredd does 25% of Eddie hit points in damage making it a critical hit.
Why would Fredd have to roll on a hit location chart to see where the critical hit?
A: Whenever a non-called shot is fired, you roll on the hit location chart to determine where the person is hit.
You do not automatically strike the torso. The statement that ‘any aimed shot is considered to be aimed at the torso’ is only reflective of the fact that the gun is pointed towards the center of the target.
If you do not make a called shot you may hit the target anywhere... roll on the hit location chart.
If the target sustains more than 25% of his body points then apply the appropriate critical using the same number as was rolled for location. Do not make 2 locational rolls.
What happens when someone with cybernetics takes regen serum?
A: The limb is going to attempt to regenerate, but progress will be halted when it hits the cybernetic. This is a safety measure built-into regeneration syrum, otherwise you would end up with a mess of meat and metal. Therefore the regen syrum is wasted. NOTE: No shop anywhere is going to refund your credits if you waste your regen syrum in thgis way, so you getter remember to rip that metal out of your body before you take the syrum. However regen syrum is "smart" in that if you have a cybernetic arm and get your leg ripped off; if you then take regen syrum it will "know" enough to regenerate your leg and not your arm.
