Simulate Death

[Victor]

These may seem a bit silly, but here goes anyway...

When a character is in a Simulate Death trance, do non-persistant powers continue to function? Can END be spent on anything?

I'm presuming that a character in such a trance has no awareness of their surroundings, but it doesn't specify either way in FRED. Should they be allowed Hearing PER rolls? Sight PER rolls (if they keep their eyes open the whole time -- -- ouch)?

As their metabolism is operating at 1/10 normal rate, does this mean that the character has the equivalant of 1 point each of Extended Breathing, Diminished Eating (& Drinking?), and Diminished Sleep, and 3 points of Longevity for the duration of the trance?

[Steve Long]

Not silly at all. Actually, those are pretty good questions.

When a character is Simulating Death, no non-Persistent powers function, and he cannot spend END on anything. He cannot make PER Rolls of any sort; he has no awareness of his surroundings. He does not gain any of the benefits of Life Support of any type, unless the GM chooses to give them to him in the interest of dramatic sense, though he should be considered to be “sleeping,” so there’s no need for Diminished Sleep in any event. Even if the GM chooses to allow some Diminished Eating or Extended Breathing, he probably shouldn’t allow Longevity. If the character wants those effects, he should buy them Linked to his Simulate Death.