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"Yet, thanks to my trusty safety sphere, [sic] I sublibed with only tribial brain dablage." -- Prof Farnsworth, Futurama[1]

The brain is the (human) seat of consciousness, and a key vulnerability of most living creatures. Most vertebrates have a skull to protect their brain, and chitinous invertebrates (from ordinary lobsters to giant spiders). By default, damage to the brain has a x4 wounding modifier, with knockdown rolls at -10, and may even use the critical head blow table.[2] This is covered on the Skull page!

Advantages[]

  • No Brain simply bypasses the normal rules from hits to the brain. You can still get damaged, but there's no special vulnerability to getting bonked on the noggin!

Quotes[]

Kromm[]

http://forums.sjgames.com/showpost.php?p=1278037&postcount=15

You need either mutant thumbs or a cinematic technique to attack the brain via the eyesockets unarmed. The realistic default rules do not allow this.

Notes[]

  • Brain transplants and uploading are present around TL10

References[]

  1. Season 6, Episode 1, "Rebirth"
  2. Basic Set, p.399
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