Characters reduced to 0 stamina by a non-lethal attack are knocked unconscious for the remainder of the fight. Characters reduced to 0 stamina by a lethal attack make a Death Check by rolling a d6 on the following table:
6. Stunned - loses next action
5. Unconcious - 2d6 rounds
4. Wounded - As above and no more than 1 Stamina die until healed
3. Serious Wound - As above and lose a positive attribute or gain a negative one
2. Mortal Wound - As above and fatal in 2d6 rounds
1. Death
Players must make a Death Check for their character for each additional lethal attack that would cause stamina loss while at 0 stamina.
Both an exceptional health attribute and being a Fighter will modify this die roll.
Do you think this will provide too much of a safety net for characters? I've backed off of the luck points idea because of that. I feel that it's still "very bad" when you get brought to 0 stamina and players won't be cavalier about combat, which I was worried about with the luck points. Keep Luck points and only let players get a Death Check roll if they haven't spend their's?
Does this add something substantial? Is a simple "Dead at 0" better? Will allowing for wounded characters make the game more interesting? Let me know what you think. :)
