peterb Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 I don't have the BRP-zero book so I don't know if there's a fatigue system in the new book. I'm fiddling with a set of conversion rules for d20 spells and is contemplating using FP instead of MP. The RQ III fatigue system sucks and the RQ II system is a bit to basic, so it would be nice to know if there is such a s system in the new book or if I have to devise one of my own. /Peter Quote Peter Brink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rust Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 BRP Zero includes a somewhat basic Fatigue Points option. The fatigue points are calculated as the sum of STR and CON. Quote "Mind like parachute, function only when open." (Charlie Chan) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickMiddleton Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 I don't have the BRP-zero book so I don't know if there's a fatigue system in the new book. I'm fiddling with a set of conversion rules for d20 spells and is contemplating using FP instead of MP. The RQ III fatigue system sucks and the RQ II system is a bit to basic, so it would be nice to know if there is such a s system in the new book or if I have to devise one of my own. BRP Zero includes the RQIII fatigue point system, and a simple systen rekated to the RQII Encumberance model, IIRC. Nick Middleton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dredj Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Bloodquest has a fatique system for BRP. RPGNow.com - Postmortem Studios - BloodQuest It's realistic in that it's for use in emulating what you see in 80's slasher horror movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trifletraxor Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 Bloodquest has a fatique system for BRP. RPGNow.com - Postmortem Studios - BloodQuest It's realistic in that it's for use in emulating what you see in 80's slasher horror movies. Could you explain it? SGL. Quote Ef plest master, this mighty fine grub! 116/420. High Priest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterb Posted April 26, 2008 Author Share Posted April 26, 2008 OK. This is my take at a revised fatigue system. It's based on the RQ III system but I've "imporoved" it. You may not agree of course... Comments are welcome - as always. Fatigue All characters have a fatigue point pool equal to the sum of the characters STR and CON. Doing things that makes you tired, such as running, swimming, fighting and climbing, reduces the available fatigue points. Each melee round of hard work (running, hasty swimming or swimming in rough sea, etc.) reduces the FP pool by 2 points. Each melee round of medium work (fighting, swimming, climbing, riding at full speed, etc.) reduces the FP pool by one point. Wearing stuff also reduces the FP pool. When a character carries stuff the sum of the ENC values of the tings carried are deducted from the fatigue point pool. However the ENC value reflects how cumbersome it would be to carry a thing in ones arms or on the back. Some items, most notable armour, do not encumber as much when worn as when carried on the back. The ENC of armour is halved (round up) when worn. An option would of course be to recalculate all armour ENC and rule that when not worn a piece of armours ENC is doubled. When a characters FP pool reaches zero (0) the character becomes fatigued. Every new FP lost reduces all skills by 1 percentile. A fatigued character may not run or do any other hard work. He may fight, cast spells and ride at normal speed, etc. When a characters FP pool is so depleted that it has reached (0 – (STR + CON)) or less the character becomes exhausted. The character must make a CON x 5 (-FP) roll or collapse, if the character succeeds he may still do nothing but walk. Any physical activities (including casting spells) requires another CON x 5 (-FP) roll or the character collapses. If a character drives his FP pool below (0 – (STR + CON + CON)) he may die as a result of the strain. The character must succeed with a CON x 5 (-FP) roll or he dies… A suggestion to simplify play: only count negative FP in chunks of 5. That is if a character has -6 FP, give her only -5 in all skills until she drops below -10. This will lessen the bookkeeping burden somewhat. A character that falls unconscious because his HP total drops below 2 hp looses all positive FP (his FP pool drops to zero). Failing a shock roll, loosing all HP in the head or having a limb severed (i.e. the limbs take twice the normal hp value in total damage) also reduces FP to zero. A character recovers FP at a rate equal to CON /2 rounded up per 5 melee rounds (i.e. per minute). The average character with CON 11 and a FP of 22 thus recovers in slightly more than four minutes. As an other example, a very well trained Dwarf character with STR 16 and CON 22, fully recovers in slightly less than four minutes. It would seem that all character would fully recover in about four minutes. Only characters that are relatively speaking weak but has high cardio (CON) fully recovers faster. But very fit characters manages to recover more FP in a given time frame, which might be crucial in some circumstances. /Peter Quote Peter Brink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rust Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 I like your system, but I think it needs some modifications for certain circum- stances. One example is swimming. According to the description of the Swim skill in the Zero Edition: - (Special Success) "If the optional fatigue system is used, the fatigue point cost for swimming is reduced by 1/4." - "In calm waters, Swim rolls are needed only once per turn. Swimming in rough waters requires a Swim check each round." - "Your character can tow a buoyant object of up to his or her own SIZ+2 indefinitely, assuming a free hand or some means of attaching the object to your character." For my setting (a science fiction water world) I will need rather detailed Swim rules. I think that I will reduce the fatigue point cost for swimming depending on the Swim skill of the character (not only the type of success) and the equipment of the character (biomimetic drysuit, flippers, etc.), and that I will also have to find some way to handle encumbrance differently. I could imagine that it could make sense to design similar houserules for other settings and skills. Quote "Mind like parachute, function only when open." (Charlie Chan) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dredj Posted April 27, 2008 Share Posted April 27, 2008 Could you explain it? SGL. It's probably the same as other systems. Here it is right from the booklet: Fatigue Points Fatigue Points are a measure of your energy and alertness and are used up as you take part in activity, particularly combat, resulting in tiredness and, eventually, exhaustion. Fatigue Points are lost in the following ways… • Combat actions – each attack, dodge, parry or rapid movement (running, jumping or acrobatics) results in the loss of a Fatigue Point. Particularly strenuous actions, the use of a two-handed weapon for example, result in a fatigue point. • Every two hours of wakefulness that pass, result in the loss of a Fatigue Point. • Strenuous actions, such as heavy lifting, result in the loss of a Fatigue Point. • Forced marching, and other similarly constant and exhausting actions, result in the loss of a Fatigue Point every hour. • Overloaded characters lose double Fatigue Points for all actions. • The loss of Hit Points is equalled in the loss of Fatigue Points. • The loss of Mind Points is equalled in the loss of Fatigue Points. Btw, it's an optional rule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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