WoD Health Levels

Pain Penalties

• Every even-numbered box of Health is designated as a pain-inflicting wound, or "pain boxes."
• If such a box has a point of damage in it, it inflicts a -1 die penalty due to pain.
• If any of those points of damage is either lethal or aggravated, add another -1 penalty to the final total.

Example One

• In this example, the character has taken five points of bashing damage, two of which are in pain boxes.
• This inflicts a -2 die penalty to all that character's actions.

Example Two

• In this example, the character has taken three points of lethal damage (one of which is in a pain box), and three points of bashing damage (two of which are in pain boxes).
• This inflicts a -4 die penalty (-3 from pain boxes, plus another -1 for serious wounds) to all that character's actions.

Example Three

• In this example, the character has taken three points of aggravated damage (one of which is in a pain box), and four points of lethal damage (two of which are in pain boxes).
• This inflicts a -4 die penalty (-3 from pain boxes, plus another -1 for serious wounds) to all that character's actions.