the body which knows war until it breaks under the weight of that knowing

got to pay my respects to one of the all time misery men at the oldboy restoration a few weeks ago 

this is you, writhing in shame because you haven't seen Demon Queen (1987)

sorry gang but y'all have been in a trolly problem with your asses looking gormlessly at the streetcar fast approaching on one track and  "playing games and making art with my loved ones" on the other and i am not EVER touching that lever. you'll be fine those things get up to like 20 miles an hour. and hey, look, here's a post to tell you how to handle your newly mangled body. 

so this was mainly the result of me looking for an in-depth injury table to steal, specifically one that limited in-fiction action rather than assigning penalties. mostly though people seem to be doing the "one two three strikes you're out" for like. arms and legs and if you get hit in the head or body it's a big problem critical crisis kinda deal. which is frankly what i do be doing as well MOST of the time but i want things to be more drawn out and painful and messy this time for reasons of a game that you'll be graced with soonish

 i think it's good to define character's limitations as like inverse capabilities, defined only once they afflict. You don't need to track grip strength and then apply a penalty to it when you lose a finger, but a character being unable to grab shit provides good tension that makes player decisions more complex and specific. Besides, taking your body for granted until a part of it doesn't work anymore is a relationship most of us are pretty familiar with. 

kinda missed the boat on Δ and why it's so important for me to use the insert special character function when i'm talking about like fiction first mechanics but this is sort of for y'all, I guess. 

the body, which knows war

1-2. head

3-4. mouth

5-6. R. shoulder L.

7-8. R. arms L.

9-10. R. elbows L.

11-12. R. hands L. 

13-14. torso

15-16. R. leg L.

17-18. R. knee L.

19-20 R. foot L. 

the body, broken

damage as Luke Gearing's "Wolves Upon the Coast" (1d6 disadvantage light weapon, 1d6 medium, 1d6 advantage heavy). When you're hit, cross out a number of actions equal to the damage roll, you can't do those things anymore. 

 If all of the actions have been crossed out for the body part that is taking damage, the attacker chooses an adjacent body part, rolls damage twice and takes their preferred result. 

head can't

headbutt

see

hear

smell

keep the body moving

keep the body standing

keep the body living

mouth can't

bite

speak

stay attached to your face

R. shoulders can't L.

hit

rotate arms

raise arms

move arms

R. arms can't L.

throw a punch

lift

pull

stay attached to your body

R. elbows can't  L.

hit

bend 

connect your arms

R. hands L. 

hit

grip

maneuver delicately

hold steady

stay attached to your wrist

torso can't

bend

rotate

support weight

keep from vomiting   

keep the body breathing

keep the body living

R. leg can't L.

kick

walk

stand

stay attached to your body

R. knee can't L.

hit

run

jump

connect your legs

R. foot can't L. 

hit

maneuver delicately

stay attached to your legs

see u next time try to get all those razors out of ur face by then <3