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Characters that suffer a catastrophic amount of damage at once could die from the trauma. These characters have to under go a [[system shock|system shock]] roll.
Characters that suffer a catastrophic amount of damage at once could die from the trauma. These characters have to undergo a [[system shock|system shock]] roll.


How much damage is enough damage? If you take damage in one attack or effect that is equal or greater than 20 + 2 HP per level, you have to roll system shock. For example, a level 3 character's massive damage trigger would be 26 HP.
How much damage is enough damage? If you take damage in one attack or effect that is equal or greater than 20 + 2 HP per level, you have to roll system shock. For example, a level 3 character's massive damage trigger would be 26 HP.


This is damage from ONE attack or effect; if multiple attacks in the same turn or effects add up to that much damage in total, it doesn't count.
This is damage from ONE attack or effect; if multiple attacks in the same turn or effects add up to that much damage in total, it doesn't count.

Latest revision as of 23:59, 26 January 2022

Characters that suffer a catastrophic amount of damage at once could die from the trauma. These characters have to undergo a system shock roll.

How much damage is enough damage? If you take damage in one attack or effect that is equal or greater than 20 + 2 HP per level, you have to roll system shock. For example, a level 3 character's massive damage trigger would be 26 HP.

This is damage from ONE attack or effect; if multiple attacks in the same turn or effects add up to that much damage in total, it doesn't count.