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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 5956712" data-attributes="member: 29398">So, let me put this n my own words, so I get it clear:Process-sim worries about the steps, and lets the results fall where they mayResult-sim worries about the results, and lets the process figure itself out later.About right?Sounds more like SWSE Wound-Vitality than what I'd use.Are you saying that each person's BP is equal to their CON score?  If so, that would certainly solve the commoners-are-fragile issue.To me, BP *are* the h.p. a commoner gets, ma-aybe with 1 or 2 FP tacked on.  Every being has BP in some form.Hmmm...could lead to some messy narration when someone's supposedly at full h.p. but has a set of wounds or two hanging around.  If this wasn't built in, I'd probably make it that each wound you had reduced your max h.p. by a certain amount; you're just that little bit slower as that wound is fatiguing you.Allow me to oblige; we've been doing it this way for a very long time... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />If you go to or below 0 you get a roll-under d20 (there is just about nothing in the game that can modify this roll) with the target being your Con score modified by your current total h.p.  So, if you've Con 14 and you're at -5 you need to roll 9 or less to stay awake; roll higher and you collapse unconscious.A conscious person below 0 can act, though melee and missile attacks are at significant minuses* (the DM has a chart) with much greater likelihood of fumbling, your AC is somewhat worse*, your movement is slowed*, and if you try casting a spell or doing anything requiring exertion e.g. climb a rope you need to roll another Con check or you pass out in the attempt.* - all of these are variable depending on your current h.p. - someone at -8 is functioning at much greater penalties than someone at -2.And to add to the fun you are slowly bleeding out.  If you take a few rounds and apply some first aid you can stabilize for a while, but if left untreated beyond that you'll eventually bleed to -10 and die.0 h.p. is the tipping point.  At 0 and awake (thus able to care for yourself) you will slowly but surely recover.  At 0 and asleep or unconscious you will slowly slip away, and die.Lanefan</blockquote>

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