Re: [HOE] bleeding rules(hopler/goff)

[Allan Seyberth <darious@darious.com>]

At 8/2/00 03:36 PM -0500, you wrote:
>What does everyone do as far as stopping bleeding in the Deadlands universe?
>Goff (I think) once suggested that a foolproof medicine roll would stop 
>any bleeding, I've been using
>that as a guideline so far, but it just bugs me in that it doesnt make 
>much sense. Someone with
>no medical training can easily stop an artery from spurting. I have no 
>medical training and I know
>I couldnt do it.

Well - not really.  Someone without medical training is rolling unskilled 
on his Smarts roll. That's pretty tough.  But even the most basic first aid 
training shows you techniques on how to stop bleeding (direct 
pressure/tourniquet/etc).


>Another very important question is how long does it take to stop the Wind 
>loss? I;ve had many situations where
>someone was bleeding severely and had a lot of negative wind and their 
>life expectancy was being measured in a
>handful of rounds.


I like what John uses for his game - that it takes a Medicine roll and an 
action to reduce the wind loss by one.  That way it takes time to reduce 
all wind loss to none.

And successful supernatural healing does stop all bleeding.