Injury Table
- At December 03, 2016
- By Great Quail
- In Deadlands
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Deadlands 1876
Injury Table
An injured character must draw a single card from a newly-shuffled deck. Face cards represent specific injuries. The number cards represent limbs—spades represent the left hand, hearts the right hand, clubs the left foot, and diamonds the right foot. If an injury is permanent, the Marshal must determine the extent of scarring and the loss of body parts. A Vigor roll may differentiate between maiming and actual severing.
Card |
Injury |
Penalties |
| 2 | Little “pinky” digit | None |
| 3 | Ring digit | None |
| 4 | Middle digit | None |
| 5 | Index digit | –1 Agility Traits if primary hand |
| 6 | Thumb/Big toe | –2 Agility Traits if primary hand, –1 off-hand |
| 7 | Hand/Foot | One Arm/Lame Hindrance |
| 8 | Forearm/Calf | –1 Agility Traits if primary side |
| 9 | Elbow/Knee | One Arm/Lame Hindrance |
| 10 | Bicep/Thigh | One Arm/Lame Hindrance |
| Jack of Spades | One-eyed Jack!—Left Eye | One Eye Hindrance |
| Jack of Hearts | One-eyed Jack!—Right Eye | One Eye Hindrance |
| Jack of Clubs | Left Ear | Hard of Hearing Hindrance |
| Jack of Diamonds | Right Ear | Hard of Hearing Hindrance |
| Queen of Spades | Chest—Fractured & Cracked! | Agility reduced one die |
| Queen of Hearts | Vitals—Heartbroken! | The shock to your heart has made you susceptible to poisons and disease—you are now Anemic! |
| Queen of Clubs | Gut—Busted & Bleeding! | Vigor reduced one die |
| Queen of Diamonds | Back—Battered & Shattered! | Strength reduced one die |
| King of Spades | Face—Scar of David | Facial scarring results in Ugly Hindrance |
| King of Hearts | Head—Suicide King | Brain damage triggers a Death Wish |
| King of Clubs | Head—Alexander’s Blow | Brain damage makes you Delusional |
| King of Diamonds | Head—Headsman’s Axe | Smarts reduced one die |
| Ace of Spades | The Death Card | Make a Spirit roll without a Wild Die—Failure summons the Angel of Death! Success draws another card. |
| Ace of Hearts | Heartsick | Your brush with death has shattered your nerves. Lose one Spirit die or become Yellow. |
| Ace of Clubs | Blackberry | You have become unmanned—or unladied! Charisma –2. If permanent, no chance of reproduction without a miracle. |
| Ace of Diamonds | Pig’s Eye | Think that blow to the ass was funny? You now have the Bad Luck hindrance. |
| Black Joker | Bastard’s Choice | Draw a second card. You may suffer this new injury, or escape it by inflicting it on another player in your stead! |
| Red Joker | It’s a Miracle! | Not only do you suffer no injuries, a previous permanent injury/condition is healed! (You may not re-grow severed appendages.) |
Author: A. Buell Ruch
Last Modified: 4 December 2016
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