Rapid Aging

Rapid Aging is a specialized form of damage, usually a result of severe shock, magical effect or a magical encounter. It is one of the nastiest things that can happen to a character, and should be extremely rare in occurance in a game.

The Severity of the Result on the Action Table will determine the effects received. When rapid aging occurs the GM rolls 1d100 and minuses the result from 101 and finds the letter code result.

L Result = Character Ages a Year in an instant. Due to shock minus 1 permanently from their fitness, but do not reduce/recalculate their Wound maximum. They will be stunned for 1d10 actions.

M Result = Character Ages 1d10 Years in an instant. Due to shock minus 1 permanently from their Fitness and reduce their Wound maximum accordingly. They will be stunned for 1d10 actions.

H Result = Character Ages 2d10 Years in an instant. Their hair turns white permanently. Minus 2 permanently from their Fitness and reduce their Wound maximum accordingly. They will fall unconscious for 1d10 minutes.

X Result = Character Ages 2d10 Years in an instant. Their hair turns white permanently. Minus 2 permanently from their Fitness and reduce their Wound maximum accordingly. Minus 1 from their Dexterity permanently. They will fall unconscious for 1d10 minutes and have amnesia about the events of the last hour.(This is a minor stroke).

C Result = Character Ages 2d10 Years in an instant. Their hair turns white permanently. Minus 3 permanently from their Fitness and reduce their Wound maximum accordingly. Minus 2 from their Dexterity permanently. They will fall into a coma for 1d10 hours. They will have partial amnesia about the events of the past 1d10 days, with many things being a blur, and others crystal clear in their minds. (They have had a major stroke). They may have problems with speach, and some issues regarding muscle control.

! Result = Character ages a hundred years in an instant, hair turns white, skin wrinkles and dried out. Puddle around their corpse of all their bodily fluids as they suffer complete cellular collapse. They are very dead. Anyone near them that does not have Hardened vs Violence or Mystic Effects must make a roll on their Spirit vs Fear. Very gruesome, messy, smelly and unrevivably dead.