Originally posted by Straybow:
Really?
Rolling 32 or under on 16d6 is about 1 in 43M… I guess a real munchkin might get to 40 total S+D+E, but statistically on 16d it won't be significant. You need to tell that story in Coolest RPG Scene.
One factor is damage actually taken in suspension rather than on thaw-out. Frostbite is a beach. The lousy medic may correctly interpret the problem but isn't able to minimize the effects during thaw as the skilled medic could.
Having had quite a few MT characters with SD&E in the 35+ range...
I've had players playing virushi in CT with stats oalling 40+...
as for the character surviving the FGMP-15... well I've had one player have a character survive such a hit, and I've had a character which survived such a hit. In both cases, they were captured.
And, under STRICT CT, taken to the AR-Rules-Lawyer-Extreme, since the first hit is applied solely to one stat, in its entire glorious pain, unless you've been hit first for some other damage, you'll only lose all that stat....
But niether I nor any of MY players have gotten away with being THAT AR.
Seriously, tho, I see Low Berths as being a fridge into which you place a person on a mixture of tetrodotoxins, oxygen-bearing haemoglobin analogues, and glugose, reducing them to a catatonic, 35 degree, comatose status. Much like those in Aliens.
THe average LB is of that type IMTU.
Actual Cryogenci berths are reserved for long term, and I make the rolls for the medic putting you in and thawing you out...