2 April, 2020 09:54
One thing we’ve seen in the Alien RPG we’ve been running is that while rolling is more limited, high-stakes actions out of combat have been leading our characters to occasionally panic. This seems a bit overboard for the usual run of the mill “losing their shit” that people do under stress. We’ve all had these moments — you’re so frazzled you forget what you were doing or where that thing is, you suddenly develop dropsy, you snap at people, you hide in the bathroom for 30 minutes…
So here’s a more appropriate social/normal day panic chart. Adapt as needed/wanted:
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[…] just stressed out situations. I’m feel personally vindicated on this one (and peeved, since it was one of the first things I modded for Alien back in 2020. The old stress/panic set up could spiral, and fast, with bad rolls even in non-threatening […]
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