Wiggy:
Real quick system that hasn't been checked for huge and obvious bugs... Based haveily on the Fading Suns system, so it's a low hit point system, not D&D.
Every hero has the usual -3, -2, -1.
You then get a number of hitpoints equal to you Vigor die.
So with d6 Vigor you'd get... -3, -2, -1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
Damage remains unchanged in how it's rolled, but every whole 4 points equates to a hit point lost.
So if I rolled a 9, that's be 2 hp lost on my victim.
Armor protects by subtracting its rating from the damage roll. My chain mail (+2) would mean 7 damage in the above example, so I'd take just one hp damage.
When your hp total drops to a negative modifier, you start to suffer the penalties
Clint:
Hopefully, when your group gives the rules as they are a try, they will be pleasantly surprised.
If not, I'd suggest keeping the rules 90% as is.
Just...
1. Set base Toughness as the "Shaken Threshold" and Toughness+4 as the "Damage Threshold." Any damage that exceeds the Shaken Threshold causes the character to be Shaken, and any that exceeds the Damage Threshold is subtracted from Hit Points.
If the character is already Shaken, then his Shaken Threshold becomes his Damage Threshold. For example, a PC with a d8 Vigor and Chain Armor (+2 Armor) has a base Toughness of 8(2) by the core rules.
By this rule, he has... Shaken Threshold: 8(2) Damage Threshold: 12(2)
If he takes more than 8 points of damage, he will be Shaken, and if he takes more than 12 points, it is subtracted from his Hit Points.
If he is already Shaken, then if he take more than 8 points of damage it is subtracted from HPs.
2. Every character has 12 Hit Points, and every 4 HPs taken (or fraction thereof) inflicts a cumulative -1 wound penalty. (1-4 HPs = -1; 5-8 HPs= -2; 9-12 = -3).
3. Bennie can still remove a Shaken, and Soaking works with a Vigor roll only any result beyond a normal success (4) is subtracted from HP loss to a minimum of 0.
i.e. Character above takes 15 points of damage, resulting in a loss of 3 HPs.
They spend a Benny to Soak and roll a 6, so 2 points are deducted and he only takes 1 point of damage but it still Shaken.
If he had rolled a 7 or better, he would have removed all the damage and not been Shaken.
4. At this point, two options. Roll for Incapacitation as normal when the character takes more than 12 HPs of damage, or the character is Unconscious if they go to 0 to -Vigor/2 and bleeding out if they go beyond Vigor/2 to their full Vigor die, and dead if they take more than their Vigor die
._________________Clint Black Savage Worlds Core Rules Brand Manager
