ENVIRONMENT & HAZARDS

Contents

• Acid - Corrosive acids deal damage each round of exposure.
• Table: Acid Damage
• Catching On Fire - Heroes exposed to open flames might find their clothes, hair, or equipment on fire.
• Darkness And Light - It's a rare mission that doesn't end up in the dark somewhere, and heroes need a way to see.
• Table: Light Sources
• Disease - When a character is exposed to a treatable disease, the character must make an immediate Fortitude saving throw.
• Incubation Period - The amount of time before initial damage takes effect (if the victim fails his or her Fortitude save).
• Initial Damage - The damage the victim takes after the incubation period.
• Secondary Damage - The amount of damage the hero takes one day after taking initial damage, if he or she fails a second saving throw.
• Table: Diseases
• Type - The disease's method of delivery-ingested, inhaled, or via an injury-and the DC needed to save.
• Electricity - Electrical hazards come in many forms, including stun guns, downed power lines, and electric security fences.
• Table: Electricity Damage
• Falling - A character takes 1d6 points of damage for every 10 feet of a fall, to a maximum of 20d6 points.
• Falling Objects - Objects that fall upon characters (or creatures or vehicles) deal damage...
• Table: Damage From Falling Objects
• Heat And Cold - Heat and cold deal damage that cannot be recovered until the character counteracts or escapes the inclement temperature.
• Poison - When a character takes damage from an attack with a poisoned weapon, touches...
• Perils Of Using Poison - A character has a 5% chance (roll of 1 on 1d20) to expose him or herself...
• Poison Immunity - Creatures with natural poison attacks are immune to their own poison.
• Smoke - Characters breathing heavy smoke or similar toxic gases must make a Constitution...
• Starvation And Thirst - Sometimes heroes might find themselves without food and water.
• Strangulation - When a character is strangled by an instrument or an attacker, use the rules below.
• Suffocation And Drowning - A character in an airless environment (underwater, vacuum) can hold his...