Garthanos
Arcadian Knight
It just occurred to me that tacking that factor on to RuneQuest alone would have greatly increased the effective sense of the heroic on to it. while maintaining the goal of realism, Hmmmmm.In real life people get this ... adrenal surge that supresses pain and impairment massively till they have time to cool down and feel safe (this has been documented not as nor really a rarity but more of a normality). And so realistic might actually mean. No impairment till after the immediate danger is perceived as gone.
Reality isn't much fond of succumbing to Death Spirals