{"id":1800,"date":"2015-09-03T21:26:01","date_gmt":"2015-09-04T04:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themook.net\/gamegeekery\/?p=1800"},"modified":"2016-10-26T13:16:25","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T20:16:25","slug":"your-first-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themook.net\/gamegeekery\/your-first-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Your First Recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thursday is GURPS Day, and once again we will be heaping abuse upon our basic example character, Rex<\/a>, in pursuit of creamy good GURPS knowledge.<\/p>\n

Now that we’ve touched<\/a> on how combat works<\/a> a bit, today we’ll see how a character can recover from those injuries sustained when Bad Things\u2122 happen. GURPS Lite<\/a>\u00a0(pp. 30-31) has all the rules we need for recovery from…<\/p>\n

Fatigue (FP) Loss<\/h2>\n

This is usually the least serious condition from which to recover. All kinds of things can cause you to lose energy and get tired — being in a fight, running for your life, carrying your hefty buddy’s torso to the shaman’s hut outside of town — and usually replenishing your Fatigue Points is a simple matter of resting quietly, at the rate of 1 FP every 10 minutes (p. 31).<\/p>\n

For example, after hiking for three hours under a hot sun\u00a0to return home from a distant settlement, Rex is weary\u00a0— his FP of 10 are down\u00a0to 7. He plops down in a comfy rocking chair on his porch and, after a half hour of relaxing, is\u00a0as good as new (30 minutes of rest restores 3 FP; if he ate while taking it easy, Rex could have got an extra FP back, and would only have had to rest for 20 minutes).<\/p>\n

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Stunning<\/h2>\n

Being stunned is usually the result of failing either a Knockdown and Stunning roll (physical stun) or a Fright Check (mental stun). While stunned, a character is forced to choose the Do Nothing maneuver each turn until recovered (you can still defend yourself, but at -4 to all active defenses).<\/p>\n

For example, Rex fails his HT roll for knockdown and stunning after being shot in the gut by a bandit’s .45. He falls prone, and must choose the Do Nothing maneuver (and defend himself at -4) on his next turn, but then rolls against his HT of 10 to recover. He rolls a 14 — still stunned! At the end of that turn (again, choosing to Do Nothing), he gets another HT check, and this time succeeds with a roll of 10. He can act normally when his next turn starts.<\/p>\n

Unconsciousness<\/h2>\n

There are a great many things that can leave an adventurer unconscious, and the difficulty of recovery depends on how many Hit Points (HP) were lost. For example…<\/p>\n