Vitality and Wounds

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This is pulled pretty much directly from Star Wars d20. But... I think I'm the only one in this group with a copy of that book. So... Vitality points are calculated exactly like Hit Points in D&D — add class Hit Dice to your Con bonus each level. Wound points are equal to your Constitution Score. Vitality is your ability to roll with hits and absorb damage. Wounds count for actual physical damage.

Damage is taken from Vitality first, and Wounds second. Magical healing also applies first to Vitality, then to Wounds. Your wits and reactions are refreshed before your cuts are healed. The exceptions are healing directly granted by class abilities, as well as any healing spell when heightened — then it's Wounds first. Without magical healing, you recover Vitality points equal to your character level plus your Con Mod for each hour of rest, Wound points equal to your Con Mod (minimum 1) for each day of rest, and 1 point of Ability Damage per day of rest. As you can see, Wound points are pretty important. You may notice some differences from the SWd20 rules - I figure you recover Vitality based on your experience, and Wounds based on your health. Anytime the rules refer to Subdual Damage, substitute Vitality. In this case, damage doesn't spill over into Wound points. Instead, any non-lethal damage that would spill over (including Crits) causes the character to be rendered unconscious. The amount of Wound points applied as non-lethal damage represents the number of rounds the character is knocked out.

If a Critical Hit gets scored against you, damage is applied directly to your Wound points, bypassing Vitality entirely. A character with any Wound damage is Fatigued — cannot run or charge, and takes a -2 penalty to Str and Dex. Also, you must make a DC 5+(wound points lost this round) Fort Save to avoid being knocked out for 1d4 rounds.