Additional Effects

Maximum Damage

Damage to any given hit location is capped at the value given on the table on the next page. Areas on the torso and head (marked with an asterisk) result in an instant death if maximum damage is dealt to them. For other hit locations, the limb is severed at this point if the damage was Slashing or otherwise mangled to the point of unusability for other types of damage until it receives medical attention.

Bleed

Slashing and piercing attacks that deal at least 10 points of damage leave an open wound that results in bleeding damage at the beginning of each turn until the bleeding is stopped. This damage is 1d6, plus an additional 1d6 damage for every 5 points by which the damage exceeds 10, plus a possible modifier based on the hit location as listed in the table below. The hit location bleed modifier does not apply if the hit location is Dismembered (see above). For example, if an attack deals 33 points of slashing damage to the target’s elbow, the target would take 30 damage as their arm is Dismembered at the elbow, and they would take 5d6 points of bleed damage per round.

Disruption

Whenever you take at least 10 points of Bludgeoning damage, you must make a check to avoid possible disruption at a DC equal to the Bludgeoning damage taken. This can take the form of Knockout, Drop, or Knockdown, as described on the table below. Some hit locations are more or less disruptive, and you may gain Advantage or Disadvantage on the check as indicated on the table.

• Knockout: The target must make a Tenacity, Grit or Morale check.
  • Critical Success: No effect.
  • Success: The target loses one action and suffers disadvantage on all checks until the end of their next turn.
  • Failure: As success, and the target becomes Unconscious.
  • Critical failure: The target dies.
• Drop: The target must make a Grip or proficiency with the held item check.
  • Critical Success: No effect.
  • Success: The target suffers disadvantage on all checks made with that arm until the end of their next turn.
  • Failure: As success, and the target drops any items held using that arm.
  • Critical Failure: As failure, except that the target may not attempt any Dexterity, Athletics or Brawn checks until the end of their next turn.
• Knockdown: The target must make a Stability or Balance check.
  • Critical Success: No effect.
  • Success: The target’s speed is halved and they suffer disadvantage on all Agility, Athletics and Stability checks until the end of their next turn.
  • Failure: As success, except that the target may not attempt any Agility, Athletics, or Stability checks until the end of their next turn.

Most weapon attacks deal Bludgeoning damage in addition to either Slashing or Piercing damage. In such cases, both damage rolls are compared to the target’s damage reduction to determine final damage values. The target takes damage equal to the higher of the values, but each value causes wounds and additional effects separately. If an attack forces a Disruption check and deals more Piercing or Slashing damage than Bludgeoning, the target makes the Disruption check with disadvantage. For example, an axe blow that deals 16 Slashing damage and 11 Bludgeoning damage to the upper arm would deal 16 damage to the target and result in a DC 16 Slashing wound and a DC 11 Bludgeoning wound. The target would take 2d6 points of bleed damage per round and would need to make a DC 11 Grip or item proficiency check with disadvantage to avoid dropping whatever was held in that arm.

*most races dead **bio males disadvantage