Hazards (IB)

Starfox's Blades Hack

Harm

This consequence represents a long-lasting debility (or death). When you suffer Harm, record the specific injury on your character sheet at the level of Harm you suffer.

• Lesser Harm (Level 1) — record in the bottom row.
• Moderate Harm (Level 2) — record in the middle row.
• Severe Harm (Level 3) — record in the top row.
• Fatal Harm (Level 4) — outside the table, usually leads to death.
• Dismembering Harm (Level 5) — outside the table, quick death, disability on survival.
• Disintegrating Harm (Level 6) — outside the table, instant death and dismemberment.

See the harm tracker and examples below.

Your character suffers the penalty listed for a row if any Harm recorded in that row applies to the current situation. For example, if you have Tired as Lesser Harm, you suffer reduced Effect when trying to run.

When you are affected by Harm in the top row (Severe Harm, Level 3), your character is incapacitated and cannot act unless you receive help from another character or Push yourself to act. You still get the normal benefits of Pushing, desperate action has its rewards.

If you need to mark Harm but the appropriate row is already full, the Harm moves up to the next row:

• If you suffer Moderate Harm but the middle row is full, it becomes Severe Harm.
• If you suffer Harm that must be recorded in the top row and there is no space, your character suffers a catastrophic, permanent consequence (loss of a limb, sudden death, or similar, depending on the fiction).

Harm Tracker

Level	Harm Boxes		Description	Example	Penalty
1			Lesser	Drained, Battered	Reduced Effect
2			Moderate	Wounded leg	–1d
3			Severe	Shattered Leg	Need help within 24 hours
4			Fatal	Macerated leg	Need help within 1 hour
5			Dismembered	Lost Leg	Need help within 1 minute
6			Disintegrated	Cut to pieces	Instant death

Level 6 harm is not on the character sheet as it is instantly fatal.

This example character has three Harm: Drained and Battered (both Level 1) plus Shattered Right Leg (Level 3). If they suffer another Level 1 Harm, it moves down to Level 2. If they suffer another Level 3 Harm, it moves down to Level 4: Fatal.

Level	Harm Boxes		Description	Example	Penalty
1	Drained	Battered	Lesser	Drained, Battered	Reduced Effect
2			Moderate	Wounded leg	–1d
3	Shattered right leg		Severe	Shattered Leg	Need help within 24 hours
4			Fatal	Macerated leg	Need help within 1 hour

Harm Examples

• Lesser (Level 1): Battered, Drained, Distracted, Scared, Confused.
• Moderate (Level 2): Exhausted, Deep Cut to Arm, Concussion, Panicked, Seduced.
• Severe (Level 3): Impaled, Broken Leg, Shot in Chest, Badly Burned, Terrified.
• Fatal (Level 4): Electrocuted, Drowned, Mauled limb, Catatonic.
• Dismembered (Level 5): Lost Limb, Crushed Torso, Coma.
• Disintegrated (Level 6): Flattened, Cut Into Pieces, Brain Dead.

Harm such as Drained or Exhausted is a good fallback consequence when nothing else is immediately threatening — for example, after spending all night Studying old books in search of a foe’s weakness.