Don't worry, it'll grow back...

[DeltaEcho]

(This was original posted to the Primeval forum at C7, thought it also, possibly, maybe, of use here...cuz VORTEX!)

The vortex system was designed to be easy for new player to pick up,
And for the sake of fast easy play made damage 'simplified' in to blocks of preset damage,

If you are not new to gaming you may not appreciate the chunkyness of this,
You may miss and prefer a more detailed system of damage resolution,
And less hassle in choosing which attribute gets hit,

So presented here are the 'house rules' used in my Primeval rpg, (that just so happens to run on the same system as Doctor Who and Rocket Age, I like to think of these as optional as in unearthed arcana)


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RDA
(No, not recommended daily amount, nor those bad guys from Avatar, but Random Damage Assignment)

You know what it's like, you are tied or distracted and don't need the hassle of choosing which attribute gets it (more so if it's potentially lethal) life would be easier if it could choose for you, with the added bonus of the players not blaming the gm for killing their characters (the dice doood it)

It's very simple, for each point of damage roll a single d6, (so if you took 4 points of damage you would roll 4 dice)

Then read them bones and consult the chart below, and behold, Magic!

1 Awareness
2 Coordination
3 Ingenuity
4 Presence
5 Resolve
6 Strength

If mental damage, rolls of 2 and 6 become "players choice"

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Double and Nothing
Tired of those chunky blocks of damage?
Wished for more variance and detail?

Then worry no more,
Simply roll a single d6 per point of rated damage

1-2 = 0 points of damage
3-4 = 1 point of damage
5-6 = 2 points of damage

Or if you prefer,

1 = 0 points of damage
2-3-4-5 =1 points of damage
6 = 2 points of damage

Results of 0/zero are still hits but are less than one point,
for the sake of contact, such as poisoning strikes it still qualifies,

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Ouchy boo boo rule number one
Let the player choose which attributes get hit, cost 1 Story Point per attack,

That was close!
Half damage before it hits, cost 2 SP

Second wind (true grit version)
Shrug off, plow through reduce by 1d6 + Resolve attributes damage for 3 story point

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NEW TRAITS

Thick skin, (minor or major good trait)
Protects from social damage, only,
Minor protects for 2 points
Major protects for 4 points

Thin skin, (minor or major bad trait)
You are sensitive to social conflict,
Minor add 1 point of damage to a mental attribute
Major add 2 points of damage to a mental attribute

[misterharry]

I have a bit of an issue with the random damage rolls, in that they divorce the amount of damage inflicted from the success of the hit (i.e. Success/Good/Fantastic). This could easily be resolved by rolling different dice for the different levels, e.g. 1D3, 1D4, 1D6, or something similar. Presumably Lethal damage is resolved with 8 rolls on the table?

It does mean that there could be a lot of dice to roll though - particularly when you come to some of the heavier weapons from the UNIT sourcebook (especially explosives) or spaceship weapons from The Silurian Age.

[DeltaEcho]

Nov 11, 2016 10:28:41 GMT misterharry said:

I have a bit of an issue with the random damage rolls, in that they divorce the amount of damage inflicted from the success of the hit (i.e. Success/Good/Fantastic). This could easily be resolved by rolling different dice for the different levels, e.g. 1D3, 1D4, 1D6, or something similar. Presumably Lethal damage is resolved with 8 rolls on the table?

It does mean that there could be a lot of dice to roll though - particularly when you come to some of the heavier weapons from the UNIT sourcebook (especially explosives) or spaceship weapons from The Silurian Age.

It doesn't, the degree of success does impact probability, so the average will be the same, you have equal chance of increasing as decreasing, so success still remains important, if you take a lot of damage the chances are very very low you would zero it out, (and if you ever got that lucky you deserve it)

yes more dice rolls, but it's a trade for the more realistic variance, don't roll one dice, roll a bunch,    

'it's simple, and you can use it or not at any stage,

[misterharry]

Nov 11, 2016 12:19:22 GMT DeltaEcho said:

It doesn't, the degree of success does impact probability, so the average will be the same, you have equal chance of increasing as decreasing, so success still remains important, if you take a lot of damage the chances are very very low you would zero it out, (and if you ever got that lucky you deserve it)

I realised that just after I posted my comments!