Editing STALKER: The Zone RPG (section)

== Survival: Ailments and Needs ==

All ailment effects rely on what's been coined the Expanded Exhaustion system. Things like Hunger, Sleep, etc all take a toll on your body when not dealt with. Normally, you would have Fatigue points equal to your Toughness bonus. But since that is too limiting for all the varying effects, it has been expanded to (pending) your Strength + Willpower + Toughness scores combined. (Ex. 30 STR + 26 WIL + 38 TOU = 94 Stamina)Each ailment has 5 tiers, each increasing the penalty to all your rolls as well as giving you exhaustion. You can take up to as much exhaustion as your Stamina score- when maxed, your character dies.(Ex. A Player is inflicted with Bleeding Tier 1, which gives 3 Exhaustion- which is therefore also -3 to all rolls.)

* ''' Bleeding ''' When an attacker rolls damage, on a 9 or a 10- the victim in inflicted with a tier of bleeding. This ailments stacks and will not recover until dealt with (bandaged, etc).

#Cut, 3 Exhaustion
#Light Bleeding, 6 Exhaustion
#Mild Bleeding, 9 Exhaustion
#Severe Bleeding, 12 Exhaustion
#Dying, 15 Exhaustion, Blood Loss