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game_systems:combat:health [2025/11/25 19:31] – [Death and Dying] vondorgame_systems:combat:health [2025/12/15 06:03] (current) – reon
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-====== Health, Resistance, & Injuries ======+====== ARCHIVED Health, Resistance, & Injuries ======
  
  
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 === Heroic Rules === === Heroic Rules ===
  
-With these rules the Death condition is removed and replaced with "Down and Out". Meaning the character now needs extensive recovery time to heal the injuries but is not dead. Treat this just as recovering from negative wounds in healing, however there is no cap on how much negative wounds the character can have The only time a PC would die is if the GM and Player both agree it is very fitting and cinematic.+With these rules the Death condition is removed and replaced with "Down and Out". Meaning the character now needs extensive recovery time to heal the injuries but is not dead. Treat this just as recovering from negative wounds in healing, however there is no cap on how much negative wounds the character can have. The only time a PC would die is if the GM and Player both agree it is very fitting and cinematic.
  
 === One Life === === One Life ===
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 A GM should consider how death is viewed in their setting. Is it something that is a minor inconvenience, or something utterly permanent? The base rules of Pathrunner only allow resurrection under strict conditions, normally directly after death. Reviving a long dead person can lead to large scale narrative concerns.  A GM should consider how death is viewed in their setting. Is it something that is a minor inconvenience, or something utterly permanent? The base rules of Pathrunner only allow resurrection under strict conditions, normally directly after death. Reviving a long dead person can lead to large scale narrative concerns. 
  
-This does not mean that this magic //doesn't// exist in a setting, but it should be used carefully.Resurrection magic can create interesting stories, but for the mechanics of Pathrunner it has been largely omitted.+This does not mean that this magic //doesn't// exist in a setting, but it should be used carefully.Resurrection magic can create interesting stories, but for the mechanics of Pathrunner, it has been largely omitted.