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Equipment

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	Weapons 42"-84" can be used by those attending Patrick Jones' Gardening Club. They must be held in two hands while being wielded as a weapon.		Weapons 42"-84" can be used by those attending Patrick Jones' Gardening Club. They must be held in two hands while being wielded as a weapon.

	A shield can be used in the off-hand by those attending Patrick Jones' Gardening Club. A shield must be held in the hand to function.		A shield or weapon up to 42" can be used in the off-hand by those attending Patrick Jones' Gardening Club. A shield must be held in the hand to function.

	Anyone can wear armour for one additional hit point. Armour is anything that makes you look armoured. Anyone raiding The Great-Grand-Scott's Personal Knitwear can instead wear a jumper or cardigan for two additional hit points.		Anyone can wear armour for one additional hit point. Armour is anything that makes you look armoured. Anyone raiding The Great-Grand-Scott's Personal Knitwear can instead wear a jumper or cardigan for two additional hit points.

	Anyone can carry up to three Poisons at a time.		Anyone can carry up to three Poisons at a time.

Bink: /* Hit Points and Basic Combat */

2024-01-21T16:01:27Z

Hit Points and Basic Combat

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	Player characters begin with 3 hit points. You can wear armour for +1 hit.		Player characters begin with 3 hit points. You can wear armour for +1 hit.

			You can only make one call or successful attack per second.

	==Noncombat Characters==		==Noncombat Characters==

Felix at 20:24, 9 January 2024

2024-01-09T20:24:26Z

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	==Equipment==		==Equipment==
	Everyone can use a single one-handed weapon up to 42".		Everyone can use a single one-handed weapon up to 42".

			Everyone can also use a weapon up to 24" (typically a dagger) or a buckler up to 15" diameter in the off-hand.

	Weapons 42"-84" can be used by those attending Patrick Jones' Gardening Club. They must be held in two hands while being wielded as a weapon.		Weapons 42"-84" can be used by those attending Patrick Jones' Gardening Club. They must be held in two hands while being wielded as a weapon.

Felix: Fixed timing of when wounds heal

2023-11-10T22:25:41Z

Fixed timing of when wounds heal

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	A character has, by default, a wound limit of three - they can have three Wounds at a time. If they ever have four Wounds at the same time, that character is dead or beyond saving, and must retire by the end of the current event.		A character has, by default, a wound limit of three - they can have three Wounds at a time. If they ever have four Wounds at the same time, that character is dead or beyond saving, and must retire by the end of the current event.

	At the ~~end~~ of each interactive, your character naturally recovers from one Wound of your choice. Some more severe Wounds may have additional requirements to recover from them.		At the start of each interactive, your character naturally recovers from one Wound of your choice. Some more severe Wounds may have additional requirements to recover from them.

	==Range==		==Range==

Bink: /* Wounds and Dying */

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Wounds and Dying

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	If you have been injured in combat to the point where you were incapacitated during an encounter, ask a ref for a wound card at your earliest convenience, usually after the encounter has ended.		If you have been injured in combat to the point where you were incapacitated during an encounter, ask a ref for a wound card at your earliest convenience, usually after the encounter has ended.

	~~An incapacitated character can be executed by taking thirty seconds of appropriate roleplay to do so, at which point they die.~~

	If you have been incapacitated for at least two minutes, you may recover one hit point on your own. If you do this, notify a ref and they will give you an additional wound card.		If you have been incapacitated for at least two minutes, you may recover one hit point on your own. If you do this, notify a ref and they will give you an additional wound card.

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2023-10-05T10:58:17Z

Equipment

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	Anyone can wear armour for one additional hit point. Armour is anything that makes you look armoured. Anyone raiding The Great-Grand-Scott's Personal Knitwear can instead wear a jumper or cardigan for two additional hit points.		Anyone can wear armour for one additional hit point. Armour is anything that makes you look armoured. Anyone raiding The Great-Grand-Scott's Personal Knitwear can instead wear a jumper or cardigan for two additional hit points.

			Anyone can carry up to three Poisons at a time.

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2023-09-27T23:06:41Z

Hit Points and Basic Combat

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	Beings have one or more hit points. Weapons do SINGLE damage by default - that is, being hit by a weapon causes you to lose one hit point. You don’t need to call this when you strike with a weapon, but you may if you wish to make it clear that you intend to cause a point of damage.		Beings have one or more hit points. Weapons do SINGLE damage by default - that is, being hit by a weapon causes you to lose one hit point. You don’t need to call this when you strike with a weapon, but you may if you wish to make it clear that you intend to cause a point of damage.

	Player characters begin with 3 hit points.		Player characters begin with 3 hit points. You can wear armour for +1 hit.

	==Noncombat Characters==		==Noncombat Characters==

Felix at 17:22, 27 September 2023

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	===SUPPRESS ===		===SUPPRESS ===
	~~Your Consequences and Wounds are suppressed and you~~ cannot make calls for 30 seconds. You can still attack normally for SINGLE. ~~''(This also suppresses~~ the ~~effects~~ of ~~your Rites and Ancestry~~.~~)''~~		You cannot make calls for 30 seconds. You can still attack normally for SINGLE. Your Consequences, Wounds, Rite Effects and Relatives are suppressed and have no effect until the end of the encounter.

	===Would You Kindly===		===Would You Kindly===

Bink: /* STILL WIP */

2023-09-25T16:02:17Z

STILL WIP

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	~~=STILL WIP=~~
	==Hit Points and Basic Combat==		==Hit Points and Basic Combat==
	Beings have one or more hit points. Weapons do SINGLE damage by default - that is, being hit by a weapon causes you to lose one hit point. You don’t need to call this when you strike with a weapon, but you may if you wish to make it clear that you intend to cause a point of damage.		Beings have one or more hit points. Weapons do SINGLE damage by default - that is, being hit by a weapon causes you to lose one hit point. You don’t need to call this when you strike with a weapon, but you may if you wish to make it clear that you intend to cause a point of damage.

Felix: Minor clarifications and added the specific activity names to replace "appropriate training"; also, changed all instances of trauma to wounds

2023-09-24T17:06:40Z

Minor clarifications and added the specific activity names to replace "appropriate training"; also, changed all instances of trauma to wounds

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	If you are reduced to zero hit points, your character is now incapacitated. You can’t fight and can only stagger around. You should make it clear that you’re wounded, incapacitated and (mostly) helpless. If you regain hit points, you cease to be incapacitated.		If you are reduced to zero hit points, your character is now incapacitated. You can’t fight and can only stagger around. You should make it clear that you’re wounded, incapacitated and (mostly) helpless. If you regain hit points, you cease to be incapacitated.

	If you have been injured in combat to the point where you were incapacitated during an encounter, ask a ref for a ~~trauma~~ card at your earliest convenience, usually after the encounter has ended.		If you have been injured in combat to the point where you were incapacitated during an encounter, ask a ref for a wound card at your earliest convenience, usually after the encounter has ended.

	An incapacitated character can be executed by taking thirty seconds of appropriate roleplay to do so, at which point they die.		An incapacitated character can be executed by taking thirty seconds of appropriate roleplay to do so, at which point they die.

	If you have been incapacitated for at least two minutes, you may recover one hit point on your own. If you do this, notify a ref and they will give you an additional ~~trauma~~ card.		If you have been incapacitated for at least two minutes, you may recover one hit point on your own. If you do this, notify a ref and they will give you an additional wound card.

	===~~Trauma~~ Cards===		===Wound Cards===
	From being heavily ~~wounded~~, and through many other sources, your character may receive ~~trauma~~. These are represented by a ~~trauma~~ card that will be handed to you by a ref. It will specify the roleplaying effects of the ~~trauma~~, along with any mechanical effects that it has.		From being heavily injured, and through many other sources, your character may receive Wounds. These are represented by a wound card that will be handed to you by a ref. It will specify the roleplaying effects of the wound, along with any mechanical effects that it has.

	A character has a ~~trauma~~ limit of three - they can have three ~~trauma~~ at a time. If they ever have four ~~trauma~~ at the same time, that character must retire by the end of the current event~~. They may be terminally injured and dying, or otherwise unable to continue being an adventurer~~.		A character has, by default, a wound limit of three - they can have three Wounds at a time. If they ever have four Wounds at the same time, that character is dead or beyond saving, and must retire by the end of the current event.

	At the end of each interactive, your character naturally recovers from one ~~trauma~~ of your choice~~. Traumas can also be healed in play by the use of alchemy, divine magic, or the healing arts~~. Some more severe ~~trauma cards~~ may have additional requirements to recover from them.		At the end of each interactive, your character naturally recovers from one Wound of your choice. Some more severe Wounds may have additional requirements to recover from them.

	==Range==		==Range==
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	==Appropriate Roleplaying==		==Appropriate Roleplaying==
	Some skills require appropriate roleplaying. This means that you should act out doing something appropriate to the effect of the skill - for example, ~~with the Field Medicine trait~~, you can ~~restore a ruined limb~~ with appropriate roleplaying. Examples might include acting out ~~healing magic~~ that you know, tying bandages around the affected limb, or breaking and re-setting the bone. If you’re doing an effect requiring appropriate roleplaying on a willing target, they are expected to follow your lead as long as doing so isn’t an issue for them.		Some skills require appropriate roleplaying. This means that you should act out doing something appropriate to the effect of the skill - for example, if you attend Doctor Gideon Griffiths' Medical Seminars, you can call HEAL with appropriate roleplaying. Examples might include acting out basic first aid that you know, tying bandages around the affected limb, or breaking and re-setting the bone. If you’re doing an effect requiring appropriate roleplaying on a willing target, they are expected to follow your lead as long as doing so isn’t an issue for them.

	==Searching==		==Searching==
	You can search a fallen foe when not under pressure. To do so, approach to touch range and inform them you’re searching them. They will give you any resources that they have been instructed to drop. You should not touch another player when searching them.		You can search a fallen foe when not under pressure. To do so, approach to touch range and inform them you’re searching them. They will give you any resources that they have been instructed to drop. You should not touch another player when searching them.

	~~If you wish to take items while under pressure, inform a ref and we'll adjudicate.~~

	==Calls==		==Calls==
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	* Used as an area of effect - see the MASS modifier.		* Used as an area of effect - see the MASS modifier.

	Some calls may be preceded by a descriptor for flavour. This is mostly to let you know how to react to it - e.g. LIGHTNING! TRIPLE! might be a blast of electricity.		Some calls may be preceded by a descriptor for flavour. This is mostly to let you know how to react to it - e.g. LIGHTNING! TRIPLE! might be a blast of electricity, or SPIRIT! TRIPLE!, which attacks your Ghost rather than your body. ''(You still take the damage.)''

	===STOP THE GAME===		===STOP THE GAME===
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	If this hits a shield, it is broken. If it hits a limb, it is ruined and cannot be used until healed. If it hits the torso, take it as DOUBLE.		If this hits a shield, it is broken. If it hits a limb, it is ruined and cannot be used until healed. If it hits the torso, take it as DOUBLE.

	If delivered by strike, it hits whatever the strike hit. If it's delivered by ranged call, it hits a shield first, otherwise a limb of your choice, otherwise the torso.		If delivered by a strike, it hits whatever the strike hit. If it's delivered by ranged call, it hits a shield first, otherwise a limb of your choice, otherwise the torso.

	Ruined limbs are unusable and in pain. You must roleplay accordingly. You specifically cannot use a weapon with an arm that has been ruined. If one leg is ruined, you cannot run or walk, only limp. If both legs are ruined, you can’t use them to move, only stand in place.		Ruined limbs are unusable and in pain. You must roleplay accordingly. You specifically cannot use a weapon with an arm that has been ruined. If one leg is ruined, you cannot run or walk, only limp. If both legs are ruined, you can’t use them to move, only stand in place.

	===IMPALE===		===IMPALE===
	If this hits the torso, lose all of your hits. If it hits a limb that limb is ruined as if hit by SHATTER.		If this hits the torso, lose all of your hits. If it hits a limb, that limb is ruined as if hit by SHATTER.

	If delivered by strike, it hits whatever the strike hits. If delivered by ranged call it hits the torso.		If delivered by a strike, it hits whatever the strike hits. If delivered by ranged call it hits the torso.

	===HEAL===		===HEAL===
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	You cannot attack with weapons for 5 seconds.		You cannot attack with weapons for 5 seconds.

	Blocking and parrying are fine, as are attacks not delivered by a weapon, such as ~~nebulism~~.		Blocking and parrying are fine, as are attacks not delivered by a weapon, such as the SPIRIT TRIPLE call from Tim and Thomas Jones' Nebulism Routines.

	===SUPPRESS ===		===SUPPRESS ===
	Your Consequences and Wounds are suppressed and you cannot make calls for 30 seconds. You can still attack normally for SINGLE.		Your Consequences and Wounds are suppressed and you cannot make calls for 30 seconds. You can still attack normally for SINGLE. ''(This also suppresses the effects of your Rites and Ancestry.)''

	===Would You Kindly===		===Would You Kindly===
	This call, which can be inserted into normal conversation, indicates mind control. Your character does their best to obey the command for 30 seconds, or until you take damage. When the effect ends, you’re aware that something unusual happened.		This call, which can be inserted into normal conversation, indicates mind control. Your character does their best to obey the command, by default for 30 seconds or until you take damage. When the effect ends, you’re aware that something unusual happened.
	===MASS===		===MASS===
	This call affects every target within close range. If the user indicates a cone with their arms, it instead affects everyone in that cone within close range.		This call affects every target within close range. If the user indicates a cone with their arms, it instead affects everyone in that cone within close range.

	===RESIST===		===RESIST===
	This is called to indicate that your call was taken, but had a lessened effect due to an ability.		This is called to indicate that your call was taken, but had a lessened effect due to an ability. RESISTed calls will always deal at least a SINGLE to the target.

	===CURSE===		===CURSE===
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	Everyone can use a single one-handed weapon up to 42".		Everyone can use a single one-handed weapon up to 42".

	Weapons 42"-84" can be used by those ~~with appropriate training~~. They must be held in two hands while being wielded as a weapon.		Weapons 42"-84" can be used by those attending Patrick Jones' Gardening Club. They must be held in two hands while being wielded as a weapon.

	A ~~weapon up to 42" or a~~ shield can be used in the off-hand ~~with appropriate training~~. A shield must be held in the hand to function.		A shield can be used in the off-hand by those attending Patrick Jones' Gardening Club. A shield must be held in the hand to function.

	Anyone can wear armour for one additional hit point. Armour is anything that makes you look armoured.		Anyone can wear armour for one additional hit point. Armour is anything that makes you look armoured. Anyone raiding The Great-Grand-Scott's Personal Knitwear can instead wear a jumper or cardigan for two additional hit points.