What happens if a PC enters a scene with all 5 conditions marked?
I know that once the 5th condition is inflicted, they are either knocked out or have to leave the scene somehow. But what happens if they enter a combat scene or a scene where conditions are tossed around like an interview, and still have all 5 conditions marked?
Do they automatically concede the scene? Or are they able to act in the scene until they take one more condition, before being knocked out again?
Good question. I might go so far as to say the character isn’t involved in the scene. That they’re too emotionally messed up to participate.
As far as I know. They only have to leave if they are forced to mark a condition but can’t.
If they have all five marked next hit takes them out.
So entering with five conditions means you aren’t likely to last long.
it’s not the fifth condition that takes you out. It’s having to mark one more once you already have five.
Alan Scott Thank you for clarifying. You too Luke Green .
Luke Green and Alan Scott got it! If they have five conditions and they have to mark another condition, then they’re out. We strongly recommend reminding them of that—and that simply running from such a scene should clear out at least one condition (Afraid) if they’re having a hard time recovering.
And if you’re particularly cruel, you remind them of that by chanting “RUN AWAAAAAY” at them. 🙂
As a final note, keep in mind that being forced to mark another condition when you’ve already got five marked does not necessarily translate to being knocked out—it absolutely can, but it could also mean just being too emotionally broken to keep fighting, or getting so petrified that you actually can’t help running away. Mechanically, it means you’re taken out of the scene—fictionally, it means whatever makes sense in that moment.
So if you have five conditions, enter a scene and mark another and are knocked out by a villain…then enter the next scene back at base with an adult superhero scolding the team, and mark another condition—you aren’t necessarily “knocked out” by the adult superhero, but you might just clam up and take it silently for the rest of the scene, or you might leave the room in anger, or whatever.
I wouldn’t say ‘run away’, that’s just cruel.
I might cue up the song ‘brave sir robin’ from Monthy Python though. 😉