[HoE] Re: Tough enough?

[Gwydion758@aol.com]

Draxus@aol.com wrote...
<< I'm trying to work up some NPCs and I guess my old habits from other
game systems are showing. As I read the rules, the ONLY thing that affects
how much damage you can take is size. So if Timmy Greenhorn with Vigor 1d4
and Dutch "The Rock" Duggan with Vigor 5d12 (both size 6) get shot for 6
points
of damage, both take 1 wound? Now, Dutch can obviously take more wind than
Timmy, but in terms of wounds the only thing that matters is size, and the
most
that can be for "normal" people is 7? >>

Is Timmy the skinny guy who always has the sniffles?  Seriously, this is a
game where anyone can die.  You're right about the wound levels and size, but
remember healing too.  Little Timmy with a 1d4 vigor could easily die of
infection from a light wound if he rolls enough 1's on his healing rolls.  His
chances of surviving a serious wound without some special help are very slim.

Jeff