[UA] Secret Wound Point system

[Doug Stalker]

Mario Magallanes wrote:



> Trent Redfield escribió:
>
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> (BTW, I love the secret damage system. Between "I've lost 26 points, so
> I've got 34 points, so I'll be a little careful" and "I've been shot!
> I've been shot! I need a doctor!", there is a beautiful diference)

I've run BI3P and a short,
introduce-some-plot-hooks-and-leave-the-PCs-wondering-why-it-was-so-easy
adventure

Durring teh first scene in BI3P one of the players was shot for a whole 5
points of damage while struggling with an armed opponent.  I figured the
bullet grazed his upper arm, ripping up the flesh a bit and drawing blood.
Giving a player 5 wound points doesn't have the same effect as having his
arm engulfed in pain with blood all over the place, which was enough to make
him pause and let his opponent escape.

Does anyone know of anything on teh web that lists what it actually feels
liek to be seriosly injured in various ways?  I recall reading an article
several years back about a guy who was stabbed in teh chest.  HE said it
didn't feel liek being stabbed, it felt like someone hit him hard with a
cricket bat.  Description like this would help enhance the system,
especially for PCs who don't have much combat experience.  (Someone whos
character concept invovled street gangs, drug running and petty theft would
have a better idea of what being stabbed is like than a wealthy occultist
with a sheltered upbringing)


  - Doug




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