Bullet Wounds & Battle Scars
Added 2019-03-18 14:11:04 +0000 UTCHit points are a one-dimensional resource and most damage types appear the same to players. This article introduces Vitality as a separate health-related resource with optional rules for how to make some damage types—like acid or damage from firearms—feel unique, threatening, and ultimately more engaging to make combats as satisfying as they can be! By David Adams; illustrated by Marcel Budde.
Comments
Put up another updated version with a few slight rules clarifications.
Mike Myler
2019-03-28 06:22:25 +0000 UTCNo problemo. Thanks for commenting!
Mike Myler
2019-03-25 17:18:37 +0000 UTCThat makes sense. Thank you!
David LaBrie
2019-03-23 18:45:56 +0000 UTCYou're right! In the first full paragraph on page 2's second column it should read "After 1st level, your vitality point maximum cannot exceed your hit point maximum." (making a note for layout now) For the other thing: whenever your vitality point maximum would exceed your hit point maximum, those excess vitality points become hit points instead.
Mike Myler
2019-03-23 18:44:16 +0000 UTCI’m going to admit not having finished the article yet, because of a discrepancy in the rules on page 1 I can’t get past. Hopefully I’m just misunderstanding what I’m reading. At level 1 my vitality points = my Con score, which for all but the d10 HD classes, means it will be higher than my HP maximum. In the section about leveling, it is mentioned that VP cannot exceed HP Max, but I just spent my entire 1st level doing just that.
David LaBrie
2019-03-23 13:37:30 +0000 UTCThis is a cool idea. I really do like the idea of Vitality points and that certain kinds of highly lethal damage could apply directly to that. Other than being part of a story narrative, I've wondered how to simulate such damage from firearms or critical hits.
Randy George
2019-03-19 03:54:34 +0000 UTCNo problemo :D
Mike Myler
2019-03-18 20:59:06 +0000 UTCThank you!
Aidan
2019-03-18 20:53:21 +0000 UTC! I've asked the layout department about it and will get an updated version on here as soon as it's uploaded to me. Sorry for the inconvenience!
Mike Myler
2019-03-18 18:09:46 +0000 UTCPages 2-3 have been merged into a single double-width page, which makes printing and reading the PDF more difficult.
Aidan
2019-03-18 14:25:56 +0000 UTC
