END when waking up

[eepjr24]

In this discussion there are questions around what a characters END value would be upon first awaking. Is there a standard rule in Hero System on this? I see multiple references to being knocked out, but nothing specifically on waking / sleeping.

 

- E

 

 

[Steve Long]

In response to a FAQ question on a related point that someone asked a few years ago, I said:

 

 

For game purposes, being asleep is the same as being Knocked Out, unless the GM rules otherwise.

 

So, absent a GM's ruling, a character who wakes up from sleep has END equal to his current STUN total. To keep things simple, waking up is the same as taking a Recovery from STUN 0, so the just-awakened character's STUN and END will both equal his REC -- though no doubt those first few moments of sitting on the edge of the bed yawning are a special effect for taking more Recoveries.

 

See APG2 112 for more rules regarding sleep and sleep deprivation.