regeneration and bleeding

[feralucce]

I know, I know, the book says you can modify rules due to common sense, but typically, when the book outright says "NO" I tend to listen.

 

The situation is that one player (you know the kind) wants to play a wolverine clone with ridiculous regeneration.

 

Can anyone think of a good reason that, in this situation, the bleeding should NOT stop? My instinct is to have the character stop bleeding when the regeneration first goes off

[Hyper-Man]

Re: regeneration and bleeding

 

see this old thread on the same subject:

Little "b" bleeding

[feralucce]

Re: regeneration and bleeding

 

thank you...I searched but there were... LOTS of results

[Asperion]

Re: regeneration and bleeding

 

This is the way that I see this issue -

 

Regen does not automatically by itself stop bleeding, but it does rapidly accelerate healing. As a result, the character will heal faster to the point that they reach the point that they will normally stop bleeding. Example: Wolverine Clone is injured to by 7 BODY. Every Turn the GM rolls 2d6 additional BODY. His Regen heals 2 BODY every turn. After a modified 3 BODY heals, the bleeding will stop.

[feralucce]

Re: regeneration and bleeding

 

that is about how I saw it. I was thinking about making an advantage that stopped bleeding

[wcw43921]

Re: regeneration and bleeding

 

Can anyone think of a good reason that, in this situation, the bleeding should NOT stop?

 

Some sort of extremely powerful anticoagulant, like a Ranged Continous BODY Drain. Maybe a poison custom-designed for the character, or an otherworldly monster possessing that as a power.

 

Hope that helps.

[feralucce]

Re: regeneration and bleeding

 

i meant in general, as in rules reasons...

 

Though, I appreciate it.

[CrosshairCollie]

Re: regeneration and bleeding

 

I have generally ruled that most forms of Regeneration prevent bleeding out, but Body damage is rare enough in my games it usually isn't an issue. The Regeneration is usually a minor expenditure in the 'it makes sense for the character', rather than 'I expect to take craploads of Body damage on a regular basis'.

[feralucce]

Re: regeneration and bleeding

 

Yeah... my games don't normally have massive amounts of body damage... but this is the same guy that attacked an MLRS system with a maul

[CrosshairCollie]

Re: regeneration and bleeding

 

Yeah... my games don't normally have massive amounts of body damage... but this is the same guy that attacked an MLRS system with a maul

 

Hm. Reminds me of a game once where I was playing a psionic character with an Intelligence Aid. Every time someone in the group said something stupid, I'd use it on them without asking, essentially my IC way of asking 'are you SURE that's a good idea?'

[feralucce]

Re: regeneration and bleeding

 

LMAO. Repped

[dmjalund]

Re: regeneration and bleeding

 

Does Not Bleed (Automaton Power) uses END

[CrosshairCollie]

Re: regeneration and bleeding

 

Does Not Bleed (Automaton Power) uses END

 

Admittedly it's subject to GM fiat, but that would make the character an Automaton, which doesn't work well for PCs.

[dmjalund]

Re: regeneration and bleeding

 

Admittedly it's subject to GM fiat' date=' but that would make the character an Automaton, which doesn't work well for PCs.[/quote']Wouldn't be the first time that an otherwise normal character had an Automaton power. (especially in 6e)

[feralucce]

Re: regeneration and bleeding

 

Yeah... But I don't want that... if he is dumb enogh to get his organs perforated in alphabetical order... he's gonna bleed

[feralucce]

Re: regeneration and bleeding

 

BTW, collie, what part of missouri? I spent 18 years in columbia

[CrosshairCollie]

Re: regeneration and bleeding

 

BTW' date=' collie, what part of missouri? I spent 18 years in columbia[/quote']

 

Kirksville, about 90 miles north of the aforementioned Columbia.

[feralucce]

Re: regeneration and bleeding

 

yup... had friends who went to school there and when best buy came toe teh area, used to deliver out there too

[feralucce]

Re: regeneration and bleeding

 

and the typo weasel strikes

[Escafarc]

Re: regeneration and bleeding

 

and the typo weasel strikes

Well at least it wasn't a Meat Weasel

 

[feralucce]

Re: regeneration and bleeding

 

what the hell is that from and do you have a write up for it?

[Escafarc]

Re: regeneration and bleeding

 

From Peter Jackson's King Kong. I don't know if anyone has written up any of the creatures from this version of the movie.

[Hugh Neilson]

Re: regeneration and bleeding

 

It seems to me that the automaton power adequately fits the need. Alternatively, extra Regen that only offsets bleeding damage would do the trick. The usual "lose one BOD per PS 12 is easily offset by 1 Regen per turn, limited for this purpose.

 

For really fast Regen, see APG. If you regenerate 1 BOD per phase or segment, that 1 BOD loss in PS 12 isn't as big a deal.

[feralucce]

Re: regeneration and bleeding

 

though, as I said... I WANT the character to believe...if he doesn't bleed at all, if his regeneration is drained or suppressed, he won't bleed - and that is a real possibility

[Hugh Neilson]

Re: regeneration and bleeding

 

Simply adding Unified Power to the Does not Bleed, or buying the suppress, etc. to all Regen SFX powers, would solve that problem, but limited Regen can work just as well.

 

Is it really a big deal for the character envisioned to heal quickly to have some mechanic that prevents bleeding out? Equal points spent on more defenses generally reduces BOD damage a lot more than the pace Regen heals it.

 

Is your concern mechanical (ie you consider the desired ability unbalancing) or conceptual (ie you just don't want the character to have this particular ability)?