Halving negative CV

[Solomon]

Hi Steve,

 

If a character is driven to a negative OCV or DCV and subject to a modifier that halves said CV, how should his CV be adjusted?

 

Thanks.

[Steve Long]

Geez louise, doesn't this character have enough trouble already?

 

First, as stated on 5E 245, the lowest DCV a character can have is 0, so the question is moot insofar as it would apply to “negative DCV.”

 

For OCV, halve the negative OCV and apply that half amount to reduce the OCV further; normal rounding rules apply. For example, if a character has OCV -4, halving reduces it to -6 (-4 plus half of -4, or -2). If he has OCV -3, halving reduces it to -4.