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reaction. For example, a character suffering
Trauma 3 with speed 12 moving more than 6
yards in a turn would be penalized 3 dice to
his next action. This penalty is a hold-out,
so if a clever player tries to move extra
distance and then wait a turn to act, the
penalty still applies.
Another interesting thing to note is
how trauma stacks. Usually it only sticks as
the highest exposure, but if the trauma is
from separate sources it becomes cumulative.
The highest instance of trauma from an
Aspect, a Philosophy, and a Weapon are all
added together to give the total trauma
rating. A man suffering from “Lock the
Pain” 5 (with an exceptional success), struck
with Venoms 3 and then a sword that inflicts
Trauma 1 would have a total rating of
Trauma 9. If that same man was then struck
with a different attack of Venoms 2, his
trauma would not change (Venoms 2 is less
than Venoms 3, and as both are Aspectorigin
they do not stack). Below are more
examples of how trauma works.
• A subject suffering Trauma 4 does
not move, but refuses to sacrifice his
defense. His next rolled action suffers -4.
• A subject suffering Trauma 2
sacrifices his defense but moves his full
speed. His next rolled action suffers -2.
• A subject suffering Trauma 1
continually applies his defense, but takes
no other actions. His trauma does not
expire, but neither does it pile up. Only
the next rolled action suffers -1.
• A subject suffering Trauma 5
recovers from all his lethal damage. He
will no longer trigger trauma penalties,
and if one was pending it is discarded.
• A subject suffering Trauma 1 from
an Aspect is struck with Trauma 3 from
another Aspect. The subject now suffers
Trauma 3.
• A subject suffering Trauma 1 from
an Aspect is struck with Trauma 5 from a
Philosophy. The subject now suffers
Trauma 6, as the philosophy is considered
a different source than the Aspect.
• A subject suffering Trauma 3
moves no further than half his speed and
sacrifices his defense. He suffers no
penalty to act.
Resistant Resistant Injuries
Injuries
The Oroboroi rule the material world.
And some wounds they inflict or suffer can
only be mended by the material world.
Resistant wounds cannot be healed by
supernatural means (Though high levels of
the Lust Philosophy may remove the
resistant status). Also, they take twice as
long to heal as a regular wound of the same
type would. For bashing wounds, that’s
thirty minutes. Resistant lethal wounds take
four days to heal, and resistant aggravated
wounds take an astounding two weeks.
A resistant wound becomes attached
to that wound slot at the time of infliction.
Marked with a registered trademark symbol
beneath the corresponding slot, the resistant
status remains until a wound in that slot has
healed naturally. This can be especially
frustrating if the resistant status occurs near
the left side of the health bar, where the
wound is likely to upgrade in severity before
it has time to heal.
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In this example, the third wound slot has
become resistant. To heal that bashing
wound takes thirty minutes. If the subject
were to suffer additional lethal wounds:
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the resistant mark does not move with the
bashing wound. In fact, a lethal wound now
occupies the resistant slot. It will take four
days to heal, and no mysticism save the
force of will of a Lust Dragon will
accelerate this process.
As specified in the Resurrection
section, when a Dragon has died from her