Deepwounds

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Deep Wounds

Within the world of Lusternia, deep wounds may be quite unlike anything you'll find in other worlds. With a judicious slice, a warrior can inflict painful blows that can result in deep wounds. Deep wounds are damage so deep within your body that they cannot be cured by normal means. The greater your deep wounds, the more chance that the next blow against you by a trained warrior could have devastating effects, including broken bones, severed arteries, punctured lungs, and even mortal wounds or beheading.

Healing potions may be applied to body parts to cure these deep wounds (as opposed to drinking them). Since one can only effectively use a draught from a healing potion every few seconds, it is a choice whether to either drink the potion to heal your health or to apply the potion to cure deep wounds--yet another facet in the complex combat system of Lusternia.

How many do you have?

There are three main methods of tracking how many deep wounds you have.

• Wounds skill: Use the Discernment skill WOUNDS (or WOUNDS SIMPLE) to check on your wounds. This is the only way to be certain, but it requires balance and consumes equilibrium, so you can't do it too often in a fight.

• Estimate by hits: Every time a warrior or monk hits you, you take some wounds. How many can vary widely depending on the characteristics of the attacker and weapons, but estimating about 800 per warrior combo and 250 per monk combo is better than nothing.

• Estimate by requirements: Warrior afflictions require a certain wound level, so if you just got an affliction, you know that you have at least that many deep wounds. Consult the following chart.

Warrior Attacks and Deep Wounds

Attack	Spec	Type	Body Part	Requires
AmputateArm	AL, PB	Swing	Arm	critical
AmputateLeg	AL, PB	Swing	Leg	critical
ArmArtery	BM	Jab	Arm	negligible
BashBrain	BC	Swing	Head	critical
Behead	AL, BM, PB	Hack Down	Head	critical
BlackEye	BC	Swing	Head	heavy
BloodyNose	BC	Jab	Head	negligible
BrokenArm	AL, BC	Swing	Arm	heavy
BrokenChest	BC	Either	Chest	medium
BrokenJaw	BC	Jab	Head	light
BrokenLeg	BC	Either	Leg	heavy
BrokenNose	BC	Swing	Head	light
BrokenSkull	BC	Swing	Head	medium
BrokenWrist	BC	Swing	Arm	critical, plus broken arm
BurstOrgans	BC	Jab	Gut	critical
CollapsedLungs	BM, PB	Jab	Chest	BM:heavy, PB:critical
Concussion	BC	Jab	Head	critical
CrackedKneecap	AL	Either	Leg	heavy
CrackedElbow	PB	Swing	Arm	heavy
CrushedChest	BC, AL	Swing	Chest	BC:heavy, AL:critical
CrushedLeg	BC	Swing	Leg	critical, less with broken leg
CrushedWindpipe	BC	Jab	Head	heavy
Disembowel	BM	Jab	Gut	critical
Execution	AL	Either		chest, gut, and head at heavy; at least one critical
FracturedArm	AL, BC	Swing	Arm	medium
FurrowedBrow	PB	Swing	Head	medium
GashedCheek	PB	Jab	Head	medium
GashedChest	BM	Swing	Chest	medium
HeartPierce	BM	Jab	Chest	critical
Impale	BM	Jab	Gut	heavy
KnockDown	AL, BC	Either	Leg	AL:light, BC:medium
LaceratedArm	AL, PB	Either	Arm	negligible
LaceratedLeg	AL, PB	Either	Leg	negligible
LegTendon	PB, BM	Either	Leg	PB:heavy, BM:critical
OpenChest	AL, PB	Either	Chest	medium
OpenGut	AL, BM, PB	Either	Gut	light
PiercedArm	BM	Jab	Arm	light
PiercedLeg	PB, BM	Jab	Leg	medium
PinnedLeg	BM	Jab	Leg	heavy
PuncturedChest	BM	Jab	Chest	medium
PuncturedLung	BM	Jab	Chest	light
RingingEar	AL	Either	Head	light
RupturedStomach	PB	Either	Gut	heavy
Scalped	BM	Swing	Head	medium
SepticWound	BM	Jab	Gut	medium
SeveredNerve	PB, BM	Jab	Arm	medium
SeveredPhrenic	PB	Jab	Chest	medium
SeveredSpine	AL	Swing	Gut	critical
ShatteredJaw	AL	Either	Head	heavy
SlapKnuckle	BC	Either	Arm	none
SlicedBicep	PB	Swing	Arm	light
SlicedEar	BM, PB	Swing	Head	light
SlicedThigh	AL	Swing	Leg	medium
SlicedForehead	AL, BM	Swing	Head	negligible
SlitThroat	AL, BM, PB	Swing	Head	heavy
SnappedRibs	AL	Jab	Chest	medium
VomitingBlood	BC	Either	Gut	heavy
Wind	BC	Either	Gut	medium

AL=Axelord, BC=Bonecrusher, BM=Blademaster, PB=Pureblade