Wounds & Strain

Wounds

When you fail a Critical Damage save after taking BOD damage, you gain a Wound in an inventory slot. If your inventory is full, you must drop an item.

Roll on the table to determine the details of the wound, by damage type and using the amount of total damage taken to determine the severity of the wound.

Wound table

Roll 1d8 for location if required.

1: Neck, 2: Hands, 3: Eye, 4: Chest, 5: Leg, 6: Arm, 7: Rib, 8: Head.

		Gunshot	Cutting	Crushing
1-2 Superficial	Flesh wound.	Graze	Shallow cut	Bruise
3-4 Minor	Pain and shock rattle you. Describe how you refocus.	Clean through	Deep laceration	Hairline fracture
5-6 Serious	Hamstrung. Your attacks are impaired.	Lodged projectile	Severed muscle	Concussion
7-8 Major	You can barely move until you get serious help and rest.	Shattered bone	Cut to the bone	Broken limb
9-10 Critical	A limb is missing or useless. You die from blood loss within one hour without medical attention.	Destroyed limb	Severed limb	Mangled limb
11-12 Lethal	Deprived. You die the next time you fail a Critical Damage save.	Massive hole	Severed artery	Shattered skull

Wound recovery

Your wounds heal, but they leave lasting scars. Your experience leaves you with permanent reminders of your brush with death, and you find yourself grown

After you have fully recovered and you have no Wounds remaining in your inventory, apply only the result from the most severe Wound received.

Superficial	No effect
Minor	Roll 1d6; if the total is higher than your max ST take the new result.
Serious	Roll 1d6; 1-3 BOD, 4-6 DEX. Roll 3d6; if the total is higher than your max attribute, increase it by 1. If you roll multiple ones, reduce it by 1.
Major	Roll 2d6; if the total is higher than your max ST take the new result.
Critical	Roll 1d6; 1-3 BOD, 4-6 DEX. Roll 3d6; if the total is higher than your max attribute, take the new result. If you roll multiple ones, reduce it by 1.
Lethal	Roll 3d6; if the total is higher than your max ST take the new result.

Strain

When you fail a Critical Stress save after taking CTR damage, you gain a Strain in an inventory slot. If your inventory is full, you must drop an item.

Roll on the table to determine the details of the strain, using the amount of total stress taken to determine the severity of the strain.

Strain table

		Nervous (Cyberware)	Cerebral (Hacks)
1-2 Superficial	Agitated.	Overstimulated	Headache
3-4 Minor	Confusion and brain-fog. Describe how you refocus.	Emotional numbing	Mental latency
5-6 Serious	Deprived until you rest a few hours.	Tremors	Sensory blurring
7-8 Major	Your system is at its limit. When using Hacks and Triggers, roll the die twice taking the higher result for yourself, and the lower result for your target if you have one.	Dissociation	Burnout
9-10 Critical	Your mind begins to shut down in an attempt to save itself. Out of action and catatonic in one hour without intervention.	Neuropathic lockdown	Sensory blackout
11-12 Lethal	The next time you fail a CTR save, you either fall into a coma or enter a psychotic rage, attacking the nearest target with an Edge until stopped.	Psychotic break	Neural shutdown

Strain recovery

Your strain dissipates, but it leaves your mind changed.

After you have fully recovered and have no Strains remaining in your inventory, apply only the result from the most severe Strain received.

Superficial	No effect
Minor	Roll 1d6; if the total is higher than your max ST take the new result.
Serious	You are becoming adapted to extreme stress. Roll 3d6; if the total is higher than your max CTR, increase it by 1. If you roll multiple ones, reduce it by 1.
Major	You suffer from PTSD. Roll 1d6; 1-2 Fearful: you never lead the group, 3-4 Craven: your attacks are Impaired unless you can see an ally, 5-6 Impulsive: you throw yourself into danger. Roll 2d6; if the total is higher than your max ST take the new result.
Critical	An aspect of your personality changes permanently. Roll 3d6; if the total is higher than your max CTR, take the new result. If you roll multiple ones, reduce it by 1.
Lethal	Loss of humanity. When faced with a decision requiring empathy, you always make the cold and indifferent choice. Roll 3d6; if the total is higher than your max ST take the new result.