Re: Sudden Death extended contests

From: simon_hibbs2 <simon.hibbs_at_...>
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 16:36:06 -0000

>
> > Now, I'm quite aware that there are difficulties; there will be a
> > tendency to try to "model" that injury in later conflicts. But I
> > think that the solution to the problem of the "clean" fight,
where
> > the winner remains unscratched, can be solved this way. All the
GM
> > needs to do is limit themselves to the kind of minor injury that
> > doesn't scream "action penalty
>

>....Bruised knuckles and the like are all very well for
> colour, but so long as the character keeps winning, he is
> invulnerable to any harm, a situation that not only fails to
reflect
> any degree of reality (nicely timed article on that on RPGnet), but
> also fails to represent the heroic struggle against mounting wounds
> and injury so often depicted in fiction. ....

I understand what 'contracycle' is saying, but I agree with Wulf that long-term wound effects are necessery if only for dramatic purposes. Ap loss as minor bruising and temporary concussion is fine, but we still need rules for more serious injuries.

Simon Hibbs