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  <title id="stblessures">Wounds</title>

  <para>This advanced rules add greatly to the verisimilarity and to

    the graphism of the <link linkend="ssante">health rules</link>.

    They are heavier to manage but mostly only for the critical

    wounds, so adding to the dramatic of such events.  More than that,

    since they are add-on to the base system, they can be easily add

    and remove without any consequence to the character, except for an

    additional dramatization of the wounds consequences, and a longer

    recuperation time of the worse wounds.  Your players will not be

    able anymore to ignore the consequence of such wounds on their

    characters.</para>

  <section id="sblesstypes">

    <title id="stblesstypes">Wounds</title>

    <para>To the <link linkend="sdouleur">Pain</link> and

      <link>Mortality</link> are added the wounds.  Those correspond

      to the three <link linkend="tdommagetypes">damage types</link>

      already existing and a character receiving this kind of damage

      will also have a wound of this type.</para>

    <para>Each character can't receive only a limit number of each

      wounds.  The maximum allowed for an humanoid is represent in

      <xref linkend="tblessures"/>, but this number can vary for

      creatures which have independent critical centers (like worms or

      hydra), or with a very thick skin permitting them to absorb many

      more light wounds than usually.  When a character get there

      maximum number of wounds in a level and receive a new wound of

      this type, the wound gravity automatically increase by one

      level.  If the next level is already full, the gravity increase

      again to the next level.  Finally, if the character got more

      critical wounds than her racial maximum, the hit is

      fatal.</para>

    <example id="xblessgrave">

      <title id="xtblessgrave">Receiving a wound</title>

      <para>A man already have his maximum in light wounds and get a

        new one.  The wound received automatically became a grave

        wound.  If he also have his maximum in grave wounds, the wound

        become critical.  Finally, if he already has a critical wound

        (his maximum), the hit, although light at the start, are

        mortal for him.</para>

    </example>

    <table frame="all" id="tblessures">

      <title id="ttblessures">Wounds</title>

      <tgroup cols="9" align="center">

        <colspec colnum="1" colname="type" align="left" colwidth="0.9in"/>

        <colspec colnum="2" colname="maximum" colwidth="0.7in"/>

        <colspec colnum="3" colname="douleur" colwidth="0.7in"/>

        <colspec colnum="4" colname="limite" colwidth="0.7in"/>

        <colspec colnum="5" colname="instable" colwidth="0.7in"/>

        <colspec colnum="6" colname="stable" colwidth="0.7in"/>

        <colspec colnum="7" colname="surveillance" colwidth="0.7in"/>

        <colspec colnum="8" colname="guerison" colwidth="0.7in"/>

        <colspec colnum="9" colname="difficulte" colwidth="0.7in"/>

        <spanspec namest="instable" nameend="surveillance" spanname="periode"/>

        <thead valign="middle">

          <row>

            <entry>Type</entry>

            <entry>Max.</entry>

            <entry>Mort.</entry>

            <entry>Pain</entry>

            <entry spanname="periode">Periodicity</entry>

            <entry>Heal</entry>

            <entry>Diff.</entry>

          </row>

          <row>

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            <entry></entry>

            <entry></entry>

            <entry></entry>

            <entry></entry>

            <entry>Unstable</entry>

            <entry>Stable</entry>

            <entry>Watch</entry>

          </row>

        </thead>

        <tbody>

          <row>

            <entry>light</entry> 

            <entry>4</entry>

            <entry>1</entry>

            <entry>3</entry>

            <entry>1 h</entry>

            <entry>1 w</entry>

            <entry>1 d</entry>

            <entry>2 d</entry>

            <entry>-1</entry>

          </row>

          <row>

            <entry>grave</entry>

            <entry>2</entry>

            <entry>3</entry>

            <entry>5</entry>

            <entry>15 min</entry>

            <entry>1 d</entry>

            <entry>6 h</entry>

            <entry>1 w</entry>

            <entry>-3</entry>

          </row>

          <row>

            <entry>critical</entry>

            <entry>1</entry>

            <entry>5</entry>

            <entry>10</entry>

            <entry>15 s</entry>

            <entry>6 h</entry>

            <entry>1 h</entry>

            <entry>2 w</entry>

            <entry>-5</entry>

          </row>

        </tbody>

      </tgroup>

    </table>

  </section>

  <section id="sblessdouleur">

    <title id="stblessdouleur">Wounds, Pain and Mortality</title>

    <para>When a character got some wounds, he got a fix number of

      <link linkend="sdouleur">pain points</link> and mortality

      points.  This quantity is represent under the

      <literal>Pain</literal> and <literal>Mortality</literal> columns

      of <xref linkend="tblessures"/>, and correspond to those of

      <xref linkend="tdommagetypes"/>.  Although the <link

      linkend="sdouleur">consciousness roll</link> still apply, the

      <link linkend="smortalite">mortality roll</link> aren't

      necessary anymore.</para>

    <para>The Mortality aren't get back as before.  This last one

      follow exactly the quantity and type of the wounds.  For

      example, a character which see her light wound becoming a grave

      one will get also two more mortality points.  Another which heal

      entirely his critical wound will have 5 less mortality points.

      Also, no mortality roll is done, since it is replace with the

      limit on the number of wounds.</para>

  </section>

  <section id="sstabilite">

    <title id="ststabilite">Wounds Stability</title>

    <para>When a wound happen, its state is automatically unstable.

      It then have some chance to became aggravated.  As long as the

      wound is unstable, the PC must do a survival roll (Cp+Rs at 0

      plus the pain penalty) to avoid an aggravation of the wound (to

      the next level) and its consequences.  This survival roll must

      be done after each period corresponding to the worst wound, in

      <xref linkend="tblessures"/> under the <literal>Unstable

      Periodicity</literal> column.  If the wound is stable, the

      period is shorten as indicated in the <literal>Stable

      Periodicity</literal> column.  When the roll is fail, it's

      always the worst wound which is affected.  If the state was

      stable, the wound became unstable.  If the state was unstable,

      the wound is then replace by one on the next higher gravity, and

      receive as much pain points as if she had receive a whole new

      wound at this level.  However, the Mortality is simply replace

      by the one of the new wound level.</para>

    <para>To stabilize the wounds, it's enough to make a first aid

      roll with a difficulty corresponding to the sum of difficulty of

      each wounds.  The difficulty for each wound is indicate in <xref

      linkend="tblessures"/> under the <literal>Difficulty</literal>

      column.  A successful roll permit to stabilize all wounds

      actually unstable.  As long as a wound is unstable, no

      recuperation of pain or wounds is possible.  Also, for the grave

      and critical wounds, a rough physical activity can aggravated

      the wound, either this one is stabilize or not.</para>

    <example id="xstabilite">

      <title id="xtstabilite">Wounds Aggravation and Stabilization</title>

      <para>Geraldine has two light wounds and a grave which are all

        unstable.  She must succeed in a Cp+Rs-Pain each 15 minutes to

        avoid to see their wounds aggravated.  If at one moment, she

        miss the roll, her grave wound would became critical, she'd

        get 10 more pain points as if it was a new critical wounds,

        but she'd only have 2 more mortality points.</para>

      <para>To avoid this, Geraldine must stabilize her wounds.

        Either by herself (don't forget that the pain count double:

        one as the action normal difficulty, and another as a general

        action difficulty) or by a rescue team, a successful First Aid

        roll at (-1 -1 -3 =) -5 will permit to stabilize all unstable

        wounds of Geraldine.</para>

    </example>

  </section>

  <section id="srepos">

    <title id="strepos">Therapeutic Rest</title>

    <para>When a character is wounded, she must take some rest.  The

      minimal period of rest is give in <xref linkend="tblessures"/>

      under the <literal>Heal</literal> column.  During this period,

      the victim must rest as indicate by the gravity of her worst

      wound, and must be check regularly on a frequency indicate under

      the <literal>Watching</literal> column for the worst type.  If

      one of the checks is neglected, the patient must succeed a

      survival roll or see all her wounds becoming unstable again.

      The rest period must then be taken back to the start.  Even if

      the roll is successful, such a miss will add a -1 penalty

      cumulative to every next <link

      linkend="sstabilite">survival</link> or <link

      linkend="sguerison">heal rolls</link>, and that, as long as the

      character hasn't totally recuperate from her wound.</para>

    <example id="xrepos">

      <title>Periodical Check</title>

      <para>Geraldine, after having her wounds stabilized with

        success, begin her rest period.  Her worst wound being grave,

        she must be checked every 6 hours.  She must so have some

        minor health care (disinfection, etc.) four time a day.</para>

      <para>After 12 hours, Geradine's companions are tired and forget

        to clean the wounds.  Geraldine must so make a <link

        linkend="sstabilite">survival roll</link> to check if her

        wounds doesn't became unstable again.  She roll Cp+Rs (without

        the racial bonus) for +8, with a difficulty equal to her

        current pain point, -5, which is also her current minimum (for

        her mortality points).  If she fail, Geraldine's wounds would

        become unstable and she then must make survival rolls every 15

        minutes to avoid seeing her wounds aggravate.</para>

      <para>Luck is on her side however, and Geraldine successfully

        roll.  Although her companions continue to take care of her

        after this, all her next survival and healing rolls after this

        one will got a -1 penalty, until the complete healing of her

        wounds.</para>

    </example>

  </section>

  <section id="sguerison">

    <title>Healing of the wounds</title>

    <para>The wounds health from the lightest one to the most grave

      one, successively.  For this, the character must rest for the

      prescribe time for the least grave wounds under the

      <literal>Healing</literal> column of <xref

      linkend="tblessures"/>.  After this lapse, the healers can try a

      healing roll on the wound difficulty.  The healing roll is done

      with an appropriate competency, with the difficulty

      corresponding to the type of wound health, added with all

      penalties accumulated for the check periods missed.  If the roll

      is successful, the gravity of the wound go down one rank, a

      light wound disappearing completely.  In particular, the

      mortality points go down from the old to the new level of the

      wound.</para>

    <para>As long as the roll is successful, the character can try

      another roll for each wounds of the <emphasis>same</emphasis>

      level she has.  If the roll fail, the victim state became

      unstable, with the periodicity of the more grave wound.

      However, and until the state became stable again, it's the wound

      on which the roll were made that aggravated, not the more grave

      as usual.</para>

    <example id="xguerison">

      <title>Healing</title>

      <para>After two days of peaceful rest, Geraldine has receive,

        except for the first 12 hours, all the necessary care for a

        healing.  Her companions can now try to heal her light wounds.

        The best healer of the group have a -2 level for the healing

        roll, and the GM add a penalty of -1 for the lack of good

        tools.  The difficulty for a light wound is -1, with a added

        penalty of -1 for the missed check on the first check period.

        So, the total difficulty is -3 (-1 for the equipment, -1 for

        the light wound and -1 for the miss check) with a level of -2.

        The healer rolls the dice and get a +6!  The first light wound

        is healed and disappear, Geraldine get another point of

        mortality and we can go to the next wound (same

        difficulty).</para>

      <para>Helas, this time, the roll fail and the Geraldine's health

        state become unstable.  Geraldine must do a survival roll each

        15 minutes or see her state aggravate.  Hopefully, this give

        far enough time for the her companion to stabilize her state.

        If, however, their rolls all fail, Geraldine's light wound

        would aggravated and became a grave wound.  Geraldine will

        then gain 5 new points of pain (and so, must make a <link

        linkend="sdouleur">faintness roll</link>) but gain only 2

        points of mortality (which will not make her roll for a

        mortality check).  If their companions succeed to stabilize

        her state again, they must still wait the end of the next

        healing period to continue Geraldine's treatments.</para>

    </example>

  </section>

  <!-- Les blessures mentales -->

  <section id="sblessmentales">

    <title id="stblessmentales">Mental Wounds</title>

    <para>Mental wounds are a difficult subject.  They are slow to

      health and the clinical methods of some era are enough to make

      you crazy by itself, which aren't necessarily the goal.</para>

    <para>In Harmonies, the rules for the mental wounds look like

      those for normal wounds, except that the damage roll are against

      the will score (Intuition+Resistance), and that the consequence

      and cares are let to the GM judgment.  The types of light, grave

      and critical wounds are replaced with shock, trauma and

      psychosis respectively, and are usually found in the same

      quantity: four shocks, two trauma and one psychosis.  After

      this, the character usually became incoherent and so,

      un-playable (or brain dead, if you prefer).  The gain of pain

      points is the same and so can be share with normal pain points,

      but the mortality points is replace with craziness points.  The

      exact penalty is however let to the GM and can be sporadic or

      link to an external factor.  For example, the light fear of

      spiders can only penalize the PC when she was in presence of

      spiders.</para>

    <table frame="all" id="tblessmentales">

      <title id="ttblessmentales">Mental wounds</title>

      <tgroup cols="3" align="left">

        <colspec colnum="1" colwidth="1.5in"/>

        <colspec colnum="2" align="center" colwidth="1in"/>

        <colspec colnum="3" colwidth="4in"/>

        <thead>

          <row>

            <entry>Type</entry>

            <entry>Penalty</entry>

            <entry>Description</entry>

          </row>

        </thead>

        <tbody>

          <row>

            <entry>Shocks</entry>

            <entry>-1</entry>            

            <entry>

              Neural shocks, light fear, compulsive behavior, short

              panics.

            </entry>

          </row>

          <row>

            <entry>Trauma</entry>

            <entry>-3</entry>

            <entry>

              Important fear, schizophrenia.

            </entry>

          </row>

          <row>

            <entry>Psychosis</entry>

            <entry>-5</entry>

            <entry>

              Incoherent thoughts, maniacal behavior, incontrollable

              fear, important panics.

            </entry>

          </row>

        </tbody>

      </tgroup>

    </table>

  </section>

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