Chases

• Speed adjustment roll (CON or Drive Auto) to MOV for each character
  • Extreme: +1 to MOV
  • Failure: -1 to MOV
  • The fleeing character escapes if faster
• Each character gets a number of movement actions per round
  • 1 + difference between their MOV and the slowest participant’s MOV
• On their turn in descending DEX order, each character may:
  • Move forward in the scene (spending movement actions to do so)
    • Without hazards, movement to the next node costs 1 movement action
    • Cautious approach: movement actions buy bonus dice (max 2)
    • Failure: 1D3 number of lost movement actions
  • Initiate one attack using Fighting, Firearms, or Drive Auto
  • Cast a spell
  • Perform some other action requiring time and perhaps a dice roll
• Pushed rolls are not used in a chase
• For each point of build, vehicles inflict 1D10 damage to a barrier
  • If destroyed, vehicle suffers damage equal to half of barrier’s hit points

Damage

Minor: (1D3) a person could survive numerous occurrences of this level of damage.
Moderate: (1D6) might cause a major wound; it would take a few such attacks to kill.
Severe: (1D10) likely to cause a major wound. One or two occurrences would render a person unconscious or dead.
Deadly: (2D10) the average person has a 50% chance of dying.
Terminal: (4D10) outright death is likely.
Splat: (8D10) outright death almost certain.

Asphyxiation and drowning: a CON roll should be made each round; once a CON roll is failed, damage is sustained each round thereafter until death or until the victim is able to breathe. If the character is in a state of physical exertion, a Hard success is required on the CON roll. Death occurs at 0 hit points (ignore the Major Wound rule).

Poisons: an Extreme CON roll will halve the damage from poisons. Poisons may cause a variety of additional symptoms including: stomach pains, vomiting, diarrhea, chills, sweats, cramps, jaundice, altered heart rate, impaired vision, convulsions, unconsciousness, and paralysis.

Sanity

• Sanity rating: Success Loss/Failure Loss

• Failure always causes momentary loss of self-control

• Fumbled roll results in maximum Sanity point loss

• Temporary Insanity results from loss of 5 or more Sanity points from a single source

  • INT roll for dealing with trauma:
    • Failure: memory is repressed, preventing insanity
    • Success: recognizes reality, goes temporarily insane (1D10 hours)

• Indefinite Insanity results from losing a fifth or more of current Sanity points in a single day

  • ==Recovery==

• Permanent Insanity results from Sanity points reaching zero

Bout of Madness

• Lasts 1D10 combat rounds
• Backstory entries are amended, or added to