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    This document summarizes rules for various tests, combat, injuries, exhaustion and stability/mental health rules for an investigative roleplaying game. It outlines ability pools, difficulty levels, rules for teamwork tests, contests, combat orders, weapons/armor, health effects from injuries, stabilization, exhaustion recovery, stability incident loss thresholds, mental illness effects, and rules for regaining ability pools over time.

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    This document summarizes rules for various tests, combat, injuries, exhaustion and stability/mental health rules for an investigative roleplaying game. It outlines ability pools, difficulty levels, rules for teamwork tests, contests, combat orders, weapons/armor, health effects from injuries, stabilization, exhaustion recovery, stability incident loss thresholds, mental illness effects, and rules for regaining ability pools over time.

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    '-1OC E 2?@?L?H ? @IL: Pool (Can Spend Health Reduces Pool)

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    @IL
    Created by Ron Blessing - http://www.thegamesthething.com
    Tests
    Normal Ability pool + d6, difficulty 2 (easy) to 8
    (impossible)
    Piggybacking
    Lead spends pool and rolls, other players add
    1 pool (no benefit to roll), + 2 difficulty for
    each player not paying pool
    Cooperation Lead spends pool and rolls, each player adds
    pool (+1 for each added beyond 1)
    Contests First to act, first to test; first to fail, loses
    Fighting
    􀂃Scuffling vs. Scuffling or Shooting vs. Shooting
    􀂃Higher current fighting pool goes first
    􀂃Hit Threshold (HT) is 3 (4, if Athletics rating 8+)
    Free-for-all Combat
    Order of action Determined by highest fighting pool
    (Scuffling or Shooting) at start of combat
    Tie-breaker 1 Ability rating
    Tie-breaker 2 PCs over enemies
    Tie-breaker 3 Player arrival time
    Weapon Table (Damage: d6 + Damage Modifier)
    Weapon Type Damage
    Modifier
    Fist, Kick -2
    Small improvised weapon, police baton, knife -1
    Machete, heavy club, light firearm 0
    Sword, heavy firearm +1
    Armor (Subtract From Damage)
    Light Body Armor -2 from bullets, -1 cutting/stabbing
    Military Body Armor -3 from bullets. -1 cutting/stabbing
    Cover (Reduces/Increases HT)
    Exposed (No barrier) -1
    Partial Cover (Half body exposed) 0
    Full Cover (Barrier completely protects) +1
    Exhaustion, Injury, and
    Gruesome Death
    Health Pool Effect
    Below 0 Consciousness Roll vs. absolute negative Health
    pool (can spend Health; reduces pool)
    0 to -5 Hurt – No Investigative abilities can be used; +1
    difficulty to all tests
    -6 to -11
    Wounded – Make a Consciousness Roll; no
    Investigative abilities can be used; can no longer
    fight; till First Aid is given, lose 1 Health pool
    per 30 minutes
    -12 or more Dead – Make a new character
    Medic
    Hurt Each point spent by another player, add 2 Health
    pool
    Wounded Another player may spend 2 points to stabilize;
    no Health regained. Character must convalesce 1
    day per negative Health pool; day 1 at 0 Health,
    go to half pool; day 2, regain full Health pool
    Stability Tests
    Difficulty 4, or lose Stability pool
    Incident Loss
    A human opponent attacks you with evident intent to
    do serious harm 2
    You are in a car or other vehicle accident serious
    enough to pose a risk of injury 2
    A human opponent attacks you with evident intent to
    kill 3
    You see a supernatural creature from a distance 3
    You see a supernatural creature up close 4
    You see a particularly grisly murder or accident scene 4
    You learn that a friend or loved one has been violently
    killed 6
    You are attacked by a supernatural creature 7
    You see a friend or loved one killed 7
    You see a friend or loved one killed in a particularly
    gruesome manner 8
    Losing It
    Stability Pool Effect
    0 to -5 Shaken – Seem distracted: no Investigative
    abilities can be used; +1 difficulty to all tests
    -6 to -11 Mental Illness* – Like Shaken; permanently
    lose 1 Stability rating point
    -12 or more Permanently Insane – May commit one last
    crazy act; make a new character
    * If mental illness from mundane cause, then Post-Traumatic
    Stress Disorder (PTSD). If mental illness from supernatural cause,
    see p. 47.
    Psychological Triage
    􀂃For each Shrink point spent by another player, player can
    regain 2 Stability points.
    􀂃If mental illness, another player can spend 2 Shrink points to
    give temporary lucidity for remainder of current scene.
    Head Games
    Mental
    Illness Cure
    􀂃During prologue to a case, Shrink test
    (difficulty 4)
    􀂃Three consecutive cases with success and
    Stability stays above 0, then cured
    􀂃If mental illness again, regains condition
    permanently
    Suppress
    Symptoms
    􀂃Successful Shrink test suppresses symptoms
    till next Stability loss.
    Regaining Pool Points
    All Investigative
    abilities End of case
    Stability Between cases
    Health 2 points per day of restful activity
    Athletics, Driving,
    Scuffling, Shooting 24 hours from last expenditure
    All other abilities End of case

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