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richarDISNEY
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 Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 10:18 pm Post subject: Falling from a horse or carriage - damage? |
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Lets say my characters are riding through a forest. They critically fail their ride roll.
They fall from their horse (they are falling in a muddy road as there is a bad storm raging about them)...
How hard of a damage hit should I roll for them? 1d? 2d? 3d?
I cannot seem to find this in the book...
Thanks.
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It I were the judge, I'd probably have the character make a Reflexes (Agi) roll to try to mitigate the damage. Probably 3 or 4 damage (possibly more if the horse was running or if it was a large war horse or draft horse like a clydesdale or Belgian) with each success on the Reflexes negating one of those. Remember that falling from a horse can be very dangerous.
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richarDISNEY
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I agree with you about the AGI roll, but only if they failed their RIDE roll.
Now I (being a mean GM) think if they critically fail their roll, they fall off. No AGI roll.
3-4? Makes sense, as they will be chased through the forest at high gallop...
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| Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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Hello Richard,
| richarDISNEY wrote: | I agree with you about the AGI roll, but only if they failed their RIDE roll.
Now I (being a mean GM) think if they critically fail their roll, they fall off. No AGI roll.
3-4? Makes sense, as they will be chased through the forest at high gallop... |
I would agree with you - if they critically fail, that means that something BAD should occur. Just dishing out damage is a merciful way of dealing with it.
If it was me, I'd have them make a check to see if they broke an arm or leg!
See? I'm a meaner GM than you are! 
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Hat
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| Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 6:51 pm Post subject: |
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Henry,
We would represent a broken limb with a point of wound damage, correct?
With a sweep of his hat,
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PCIHenry
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Hello Paul,
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We would represent a broken limb with a point of wound damage, correct?
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No I wouldn't go that route. A Wound to be is a grievous injury - potentially life threatening.
If I broke a Witch Hunter's arm - which I have done in the past - I usually deal double the normal damage and then make sure the WH doesn't do anything that one couldn't do with a broken arm, such as wield a sword with that arm, etc.
This may not be hyper-realistic, but WH is a cinematic game and the individual WHs are Heroes and should be able to do amazing things.
Best,
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