princejericho Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 So I'm a new fatemaster walking a friend through char gen and we get to the point where he has to calculate in hit points. He didn't take the toughness skill and he has a rresilience of 0, the rule book says to level toughness to 4 and add these two things together and thats his hit points but what if he has neither the skill nor points in resilience? Is his hp just 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claymore65 Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Actually, he'll have 4 Wounds. You're misunderstanding the Calculation. Wounds = Toughness Skill + (1/2 * Resilience Aspect) + 4 You will round up in case of a fraction. In your characters case, his health will be : = Toughness Skill (0) + (1/2 * Resilience (0)) + 4 = 0 + (1/2 * 0) + 4 = 4. He will have 4 wounds, not 1. The other factor is that you ignore the Resilience Aspect if it's Negative. Does that help? I understand your confusion though. It can be confusing to read for the first time. I've found just showing it as a simple math equation is easier to understand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princejericho Posted April 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Oh thank you soooo much I was incredibly worried about the hit point thing, itd make encounters incredibly hard to come up with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claymore65 Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 No problem. Be aware though that you don't die when you run out of wounds, you take Critical Effects, which seriously vary in severity. Thus, even if you've taken damage WAY over your wounds, you can still fight surprisingly well. Make sure you read over that section of the rulebook, it makes a huge difference to the survivability of players. Basically, death will actually prove pretty darn rare, which makes sense with how character-focused this game is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princejericho Posted April 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Alright will do mate. I have him working on his backstory while I browse the interwebs for help and other things. my second biggest challenge...finding out how the heck to interpret "the jester dances where he will" and trying to not take it too literally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirial Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Alright will do mate. I have him working on his backstory while I browse the interwebs for help and other things. my second biggest challenge...finding out how the heck to interpret "the jester dances where he will" and trying to not take it too literally Make a traitor to one faction who always tells bad jokes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mason Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Or maybe a company that uses a jester as part of its logo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgraz Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Make a traitor to one faction who always tells bad jokes. Dirial will volunteer. Have you seen some of his jokes? [crickets] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeeblee Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Though note: -20 hit points is pretty much auto-death. As for the jester thing, the rest have given good suggestions. The "jester" is also often a representation of foolishness, so you could just base it around someone making a really bad decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wakshaani Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Heck, make an old prospector who celebrates by doing a little jig. Gold! Gold! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w4B7QxL_n4 There's GOLD in them thar hills! (MAN we need a crazy old coot prospector!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgraz Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Heck, make an old prospector who celebrates by doing a little jig. Gold! Gold! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w4B7QxL_n4 There's GOLD in them thar hills! (MAN we need a crazy old coot prospector!) LOL....I think that would certainly qualify. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princejericho Posted April 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 You guys are all awesome I think I may go woth the prospector or the logo, but all in all everyone had solid suggestions. I yhink its time I pull out a some paper and begin writing a fluid story. Be like water my friends Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Shine Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 No story survives contact with the enemy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeeblee Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 No enemy survives contact with the players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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