Death Indicator?

[YAKO SOMEDAKY]

I like to propose a vote to insert this in CoreRPG, I believe that making this will permit us to have this function in all rulesets?

[Trenloe]

I like to propose a vote to insert this in CoreRPG, I believe that making this will permit us to have this function in all rulesets?

As I mentioned when you asked about this in Discord - different RPG systems handle death differently. HP, wounds, stamina, life-points, etc.. For example, death in Savage Worlds is handled completely differently than D&D 5E.

As I also mentioned, because of this potentially wide difference in how death is determined, CoreRPG doesn't include anything to do with HP, wounds, health, life, etc. and has no concept of what "death" is.

So, it is not possible to include this type of functionality in CoreRPG out-of-the-box. It has to be coded in a specific ruleset where "death" can actually be checked for in the code.

[YAKO SOMEDAKY]

Trenloe, I saw in SW Ruleset this function is a new xml and lua file, but you are right the names used to determine this effects are much different

[Trenloe]

...but you are right the names used to determine this effects are much different

It is not just the names of wounds, HP, stamina, etc.. It's the game mechanics.

For example:
- In Savage Worlds extras (non-PC/special NPC characters) are incapacitated with 1 wound, wild cards (PCs and special NPCs) are incapacitated with 4 wounds.
- In D&D 5E Hit Points count down to 0, then characters need to do death saves - if that's desired for NPCs.

These 2 example systems are quite different in how they handle damage and when death occurs.

[Andraax]

Well, we could always add a "deathindicator" attribute to the health status object, like we currently have a "standing" attribute, which would be rules agnostic. Each ruleset could define it's own version of whether or not to display a bloodsplat (or whatever) and set that attribute to "true" when needed.

[Nyghtmare]

I think that what they are requesting is not ruleset specific.

It sounds to me like they want the blood splat to replace the token on the map when the character/creature is removed from the Combat Tracker.

[Andraax]

It sounds to me like they want the blood splat to replace the token on the map when the character/creature is removed from the Combat Tracker.

So, when that orc runs away from combat and I remove him from the CT, he leaves behind a blood splat?

[Ken L]

When removed from the tracker is a bad trigger, it's still per-ruleset. For instance in 5e you can trigger off the health status health/wounded/bloodied/dying/dead to perform the blood splatter. If you do this when removed from tracker, if a pack of wolves retreat, they'll leave blood splatters.

This is basically what he wants, and it's doable, you just need to put in a little effort.

[YAKO SOMEDAKY]

Ken L. this is a demo or I can download it?

[Andraax]

I was pointing out a way to make it generic so that it could be supported for all CoreRPG rulesets.