Nerth Combat CCRs

Conditions, Consequencees and Results of Combat   In DownShift and the other SystemBooks, the way armor interacts with damage type, damage severity, and skills applications is based on the work first recorded here. Military Conflict, as a category, interacts with Conditions, Consequences, and Results.As has already been covered, Combat Success or Failure is pretty easy to reconcile... here is the link to the article on that subject:     ARMOR:

	Cosmetic	Padded	Mail	Brigantine	Rigid	Nomex	Kevlar	Plax
Abrasion	Reduced	NONE	NONE	NONE	NONE	Reduced	Reduced	NONE
Fracture	FULL	HALF	Reduced	HALF	HALF	FULL	Reduced	HALF
Laceration	FULL	Reduced	NONE	HALF	NONE	HALF	HALF	NONE
Puncture	FULL	Reduced	Reduced	HALF	Reduced	Reduced	NONE	NONE
Avulsion	FULL	Reduced	FULL	FULL	HALF	FULL	HALF	HALF
Alchemical	Increased	Reduced	FULL	HALF	NONE	Reduced	FULL	NONE
Heat	Increased	Increased	Reduced	Reduced	HALF	NONE	FULL	Reduced
Cold	Reduced	HALF	Increased	Reduced	Increased	NONE	Reduced	Reduced
Radiation	FULL	FULL	FULL	FULL	Reduced	Reduced	FULL	FULL

 

CONDITIONS

For clarity, Conditions are the various States of Play the Persona may find themselves in during a Session and usually only remains a factor for a single Feature Scene, or even a single Stage. The Conditions manifest as one or more modifiers to both Contested and Uncontested Skills Checks and Combat and affects specific Actors in the scene

Slick	Cloyingly Sticky	Freezing Sleet	Muddy	Unstable Rocking	High Seas
Torrential Rain	Dense Fog	Stinging Sands	Hailstorm	Paralyzed	Burning Itching
Very Noisy	Extreme Heat	Erratic Winds	Unslakable Thirst	Seething Rage	Cramped Muscles
Dense Gravity	Psychedelic Light/ Sounds	Maddening Screams	Hypnotized	Disturbing Laughter	Awareness Distortion
Unfocused Paranoia	Inebriation	Inconsolable Sadness	Stark Fear	SearingPain	blinding Smoke
Difficult Terrain	Confusion	Prone	lowed	Hastened	Sleep

CONSEQUENCES

The lowest tier of 'in-game effects', Consequences reflect minor errors, inconveniences, and challenges brought on by minor miscalculations, missed die rolls, or effects of Conditions during a turn.

Best	Better	Good	Bad	Worse	Worst
Actual Wound	Doubled Damage	Extra Damage	Reduced Damage	Half Damage	Complete Overswing
Exploit Weakness	Identify Weakness	Sense weakness	Grip Compromised	Lose your Grip	Drop Something
Spring Trap	Lure into Trap	Draw off Balance	Overextended	Unbalanced	Falling
Regain 10 Fatigue	Regain 5 Fatigue	Mitigate Fatigue Loss	Fatigued -5	Fatigued -15	Fatigued -35

RESULTS

The middle tier of 'in-game effects. Results reflect changes in Conditions, aggregated Consequences, and minor Catastrophes that occur at the end of a STAGE. Generally, results can be good or bad, determined by the Stage 'win conditions' set by the Director and the 'Creativity Rating (CR) of the players in the Stage.

Best	Better	Good		Bad	Worse	Worst
Critical	Wound2	Wound		Reduce Damage	No wound	No Hit
Bonus Damage	Overbear	Chance to Overbear		Mutual Impact	Take the Worse	Hurt one's self
Objective nets an Outcome	Objective nets good Consequence	Objective Attained		Enemy Detects Objective	Enemy Recognizes Objective	Enemy Counters Objective