Damage for losing a pinky?

[Tom Cashel]

How much damage would you assess a CN character for cutting off his own pinky?

Seriously.

 

[Thanee]

1 hp.

Bye
Thanee

 

[Tom Cashel]

1 hp? For cutting off a finger?

Hmm...I guess so. Likely to hurt a 1st level Commoner, but not so bad for a higher level adventurer...

Still, I was thinking 10 hp or so...or maybe 5% of total.

 

[Thanee]

More like 1%, eh?

If you spread hps over body mass, it surely isn't more than 1%, more like 0.1% or even less. And then there is not even anything vital inside, which would probably lower this even more!

Bye
Thanee

 

[Oni]

I probably wouldn't assign damage (considering how abstracted the DnD damage system is). Rather I would probably give a -1 or -2 penalty to actions involvingthat hand until it had healed up.

 

[Destil]

-1 or -2 is a bit much for just loosing one finger, to me... bleeding aside I'd ignore something like that from a mechanichal standpoint... mabye a -1 for a while until they got usted to using their hand without it... won't hurt using a longbow, for instance, if you're drawing the arrow back with it.

 

[1337 h4xor]

hmm i wouldnt asses any permenent hp loss, as your pinky has nothing to do with dodging blows or taking damage or however else you describe damage.

you might want to give a temp -1 to atack for a set period of time until they get used to not having a finger.


On another not CN is no longer crazy by default...

 

[Celebrim]

No permenate HP or DEX lose. It is only a pinky. There would probably be DEX damage for more important fingers and perhaps permanent DEX loss. Then again, I have pretty useless pinkies that don't get much exercise outside of typing. I imagine that there are some cases where you might assess a circumstance penalty to certain skill checks involving manual dexterity for a few weeks. Typing for instance.

One point of damage or maybe 3% of the total h.p. which ever is higher (there is a certain ammount of shock and pain involved). Also, it IS a bleeding wound, and he takes 1 damage per round until he stablizes (10% chance by the straight rules) or recieves first aid.

 

[Crothian]

THe pinky is an important finger, so I'd assign a -1 penalty to using that hand.

 

[Jondor_Battlehammer]

1 HP at most, and I would give you a healing check, DC 15, for no Damage. Another check to stave off infection.