Wonderland - Jags

Deeper Mysteries - Overview
The Death of a Reflection
There is no hard and fast
rule for what happens when a
Reflection on Chessboard Zero
dies—however: one possibility
is to make the character roll a
CON roll on the Major Wound
Table. If the result is Dead or
Dying or Internal Damage then
apply a Minor Wound’s worth
of damage (all internal, and no
additional CON roll) and the
character is unconscious and
helpless for several hours.
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What if I got Shot? Hurt?
Killed?
If it’s the real you down on a lower
chessboard then you die for real. Your
Shadow just drops dead. But if your
Reflection gets killed you feel a really bad
feeling, but you aren’t dead. Your Reflection
will eventually vanish and you’ll show up
alive somewhere else.
What Do People See if I Was
Hurt On a Lower
Reality?
If the real you is damaged on Chessboard
Three and the Episode ends, when you
Snap-Back to your Shadow Self (wherever
it is) then the skin where you were wounded
is discolored but you aren’t externally
bleeding. Medical Science will see wounds
appear under the skin if Medical Science
is watching closely—and Medical Science
will certainly scratch its head.
Can I Bring Something Back?
Simple answer—no. When you Snap-Back
you just disintegrate on the lower level of
reality and re-inhabit your body. Advanced
answer: Yes. Oh yes—and it’s often a
terrible mistake.
Abnormal Normalization: Impossible
Events
Disassociation and the way events get translated between the Chessboards
are the natural mechanics by which the universe of Chessboard Zero
keeps the “possible” in and the “impossible” out. Ideally, it should never
happen that a person on Chessboard Zero sees something from the lower
levesls that simply shouldn’t exist. That, of course, isn’t awlays the case:
Some people, sometimes, bring things back. And sometimes, when you go
somewhere or do something on a lower level of reality it affects the upper
levels in a way that is conventionally impossible.
What determines when something impossible happens on Chessboard
Zero is up to a number of factors (skill and experience and specific
abilities of the characters, the GM’s decision, and how the game is being
handled in general). We’ll get to deciding if the impossible happens—but
first we’ll look at how that can come about.