TUESDAY JUNE 1 Ouch, That Hurt! – Unless you're doing something special (like grappling to immobilize or using a special vampiric ability), a fight is going to mean damage to the opponent. (It may also mean damage to your character, of course). So let's take a look at Health and damage, shall we? Every character has a trait called Health. This trait is tied to the Stamina Attribute, so (quite logically) the tougher your character is, the more damage she can endure. Health is marked on your character sheet and has both dots and points. Your character's dots are filled in on your character sheet, representing her total capacity for enduring damage. Her points represent her current state of health, and they are tracked in the corresponding boxes beneath the dots. Every time your character loses a Health point to damage, mark off the kind of injury inflicted from left to right. You'll begin suffering dice penalties as the number of wounds grows. When dots and filled boxes are equal (she has lost all of her Health points), your character is badly hurt or dying. Damage comes in three basic types: bashing (from blunt attacks), lethal (from guns and knives) and aggravated (from special supernatural attacks). The harsher the damage type is, the longer it takes to heal and the more life-threatening it is. Bashing damage heals quickly (one point every 15 minutes), and if your characters last Health box is filled with bashing damage, you simply have to make Stamina rolls for the character to remain conscious and active. Lethal damage heals more slowly, and if your Health boxes are filled with lethal damage your character becomes incapacitated and needs immediate medical attention. (Otherwise, existing lethal wounds begin to upgrade to aggravated damage.) If your Health boxes are all full of aggravated damage, your character dies. Unless your Health track is full of lethal wounds, healing just takes time. Your character can still go about his or her business. Medical attention and supernatural powers can speed healing, however. Desktop of Darkness – Designer extraordinaire Matt Milberger went ahead and put together a computer wallpaper based on the stunning cover he and Katie McCaskill designed for the World of Darkness Rulebook. It's available in multiple sizes for your downloading pleasure. Right Click
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