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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Certainly won't try to convince you this way is best or anything, but just to clarify the bleeding roll is exactly what makes the length of time unknown; standard bleeding roll is Con x5 to avoid losing a hitpoint per round,... for average character that's at least a 50% to survive the round. Con x1 on a standard bleeding roll stops that wound and allows the character to keep still or take an action and reopen the would. Only the more serious bleeding rolls require the Con x1 just to skip a single round. So yeah, Biff may die in 5 rounds if very unlucky, but often they make the Con x1 roll and get a second chance to live. In way this makes it similar to the resistance roll you're talking about. And in game play terms it was at least something for the player to do each round, since they certainly weren't in the battle. =P<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> runequest-bounces@rpgreview.net [mailto:runequest-bounces@rpgreview.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tom Cantine<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 19, 2011 3:18 PM<br><b>To:</b> RuneQuest Rules<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Runequest] Contemplating House Rule -- Advice?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Hmmm. That said, though, I think a resistance roll is a little more realistic and dramatic, in that a deadline is a little too concrete, too predictable. If you know Biff's bleeding out at 1 hp per round and he has 5 left, you can make decisions based on that. I think it preferable that it be a genuine gamble. "Hold on, Biff! Hold on!" You really don't know at what moment it'll be too late to help him.<br><br>For something as serious as a PC death, in fact, I think it's probably best to have it be something handled behind the GM screen. Even the player shouldn't necessarily know the moment, but should be fed some subjective "moving down the tunnel toward the light..." embellishment.<br><br>On 19-May-11, at 3:54 PM, Robert Hoffman wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Since we use bleeding rules that already factors in someone's constitution towards the character's ability to sustain life. Going to 0 is unconscious and negative your max hit points is considered death. Considering the damage that got you that point bleeding out in 10-12 rounds isn't really all that much in real world time. <o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><br> <o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><br>Also going back to our magic number, receiving a single blow to the head, chest or abdomen that is double the hitpoints +6 is instant death. If the damage to those locations is just negative its regular bleeding rolls, if its double the hitpoints its the major bleeding rolls. We've had situations with characters bleeding out of 2-3 wounds that they have to roll for individually. Watching them slip ever closer to the negative hitpoint "deadline" certainly does provide tension,... especially when the rest of the party still needs to finish combat before they can even think of helping their fallen comrade.<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><br> <o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><br><b>From:</b> runequest-bounces@rpgreview.net [mailto:runequest-bounces@rpgreview.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Styopa<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 19, 2011 2:07 PM<br><b>To:</b> RuneQuest Rules<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Runequest] Contemplating House Rule -- Advice?<br> <br>On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Peter Maranci <pmaranci@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br>Personally it has always seemed to me that the cut-off of death at zero general HP didn't make sense - it's much too binary for a percentile system. :D<br><br>How about this? At zero HP, the victim is unconscious. For every point below 0, they must make a resistance roll of the negative damage versus their CON.<br>Not too complicated at all, although I'd make it vs half their con, otherwise you're giving them a boatload of safety net.<br> <br>I like it, I think it will add tension when someone is 'at death's door'. _______________________________________________<br>Runequest mailing list<br>Runequest@rpgreview.net<br>http://rpgreview.net/mailman/listinfo/runequest_rpgreview.net<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></body></html>