Hi everybody!

Bandages have received some significant updates! Roundtimes have been SIGNIFICANTLY reduced down to a maximum of 60 seconds (Although they are often shorter than this) and the skill required to bandage wounds has been smoothed out (heavily reduced in the worst cases). Bandages can now also now last a number of uses in combat based on the TENDer's (First Aid Ranks / 10).

- In the upcoming instances, "Wound Difficulty" is: 3 for the neck, 2 for abdomen/chest/head, and 1 for everything else.
- The formula for ranks required in First Aid to TEND to a wound has been changed to: ((3 * (Wound Severity - 2) + Wound Difficulty) * (Bleedlevel) * 2). Ranks in First Aid past this requirement reduce the roundtime of TENDing the wound by 1 second per rank. If the TENDer has less than this requirement, but at least half of it, they can apply a bandage that reduces the bleeding by 1/2 of the total amount.
- The formula for Roundtime induced by TENDing has been changed to: (15 + (2 * Bleedlevel) + (2 * (3 * (Severity - 2) + Difficulty))). This is capped at 60 seconds.

Some examples:
- A rank 2 right arm wound bleeding at 4 hp per round would require 8 ranks of First Aid to fully tend and impose 25 seconds of RT. At 4-7 ranks of First Aid the wound could be reduced to 2 per round. With 30 ranks of First Aid, the wound could be tended with 3 seconds of RT and the bandage would also last through 3 attacks before falling off.
- A rank 2 neck wound bleeding at 6 hp per round would require 36 ranks of First Aid to fully tend and impose 33 seconds of RT. At 18-35 ranks of First Aid the wound could be reduced to 3 per round. With 66 ranks of First Aid, the wound could be tended with 3 seconds of RT and the bandage would also last through 6 attacks before falling off.
- A rank 3 head wound bleeding at 8 hp per round would require 80 ranks of First Aid to fully tend and impose 41 seconds of RT. At 40-79 ranks of First Aid the wound could be reduced to 4 per round. With 118 ranks of First Aid, the wound could be tended with 3 seconds of RT and the bandage would also last through 11 attacks before falling off.

DIAGNOSE FULL has also been updated to be much easier to read and provide more detailed information about the details of TENDing the target's injuries. The skill requirements for DIAGNOSE FULL have also been lowered to simply require 100 skill bonus in First Aid. Also, at 150 skill bonus in First Aid, DIAGNOSE FULL only requires one full hand. At 200 ranks, DIAGNOSE FULL requires no free hands.

The HEALTH verb has received the same update as DIAGNOSE, so that when typing HEALTH you will know which of your own wounds you can TEND to and how long it will take to do so.

I know it's a lot to take in, so feel free to ask questions!

~ Konacon

Those issues should actually both be fixed now.

~ Konacon

Loving these changes along with 206. Looking forward to diagnosing bleeding bodies and if all goes well even getting rid of some of the potions I carry for the nastier wounds. Thanks!

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I approve of these changes.

Ylandra

This is a little off topic, but it's something I've been wondering about for a while and can't really find a good answer. Do rank 1 scars have any mechanical impact? Are there any systems that take rank 1 scars into account? I never bother to heal them down since they crop up so frequently, but the possibility that they do something always nags at the back of my mind.

Good updates to TEND, etc., by the way.

Droit

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Speaking to you, Ceyrin asks, "Do you spontaneously come back to life when you die?"
Speaking to you, Ceyrin says, "Because I do."
You say, "Yes. I have a condition called Annoraxia.""

>This is a little off topic, but it's something I've been wondering about for a while and can't really find a good answer. Do rank 1 scars have any mechanical impact? Are there any systems that take rank 1 scars into account?

Rank 1 wounds can have a hidden effect when the obvious one doesn't kick in till Rank 2 (e.g. head wound effect on exp) so I don't exclude the possibility there are hidden effects in some systems though I've never found one though in those systems where I have researched it.

They do have cosmetic effects. If you lounge around in TSC covered in Rank 1 scars under your plate armor, people will ask for healing rather than support.

There are so many hidden systems, all we have is guesswork. I'm hoping for an official statement.

Droit

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Speaking to you, Ceyrin asks, "Do you spontaneously come back to life when you die?"
Speaking to you, Ceyrin says, "Because I do."
You say, "Yes. I have a condition called Annoraxia.""

Thanks Ixix. I will continue to ignore them.

Droit

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Speaking to you, Ceyrin asks, "Do you spontaneously come back to life when you die?"
Speaking to you, Ceyrin says, "Because I do."
You say, "Yes. I have a condition called Annoraxia.""

So the rumor about a head scar doesn't impact XP absorption?

Rank 1 scars to the head do not impact your absorption. If your experience absorption is being affected, you'll see this:

Your ability to reflect on your recent experiences is hindered by your injuries.

As well.

Ixix

Argh - I misread that originally, so if anybody saw those previous versions of this post - you weren't imagining things.

Can you drop a BUG report in for that, please, and we'll look into it further?

Ixix

Rank 1 wounds should no longer impose a penalty on your experience absorption. If you don't see the warning message, you shouldn't have any penalties now.

Ixix

>>Also, at 150 skill bonus in First Aid, DIAGNOSE FULL only requires one full hand. At 200 ranks, DIAGNOSE FULL requires no free hands.<<

Am I understanding these thresholds correctly?

150 skill bonus, or 50 ranks is required for diagnose full to work with one hand empty

300 skill bonus, or 200 ranks is required for diagnose full to work with no hands empty

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