Recovery

GM to decide whether you are truly
unconscious or just totally incapacitat-
ed by pain and injury – but either way,
you can’t do anything. You recover as
follows:
• If you have 1 or more HP remain-
ing, you awaken automatically in 15
minutes.
• At 0 HP or worse, but above -1¥HP,
make a HT roll to awaken every hour.
Once you succeed, you can act normal-
ly. You do not have to roll against HT
every second to remain conscious
This does not apply to a merely
unaware victim. If you sneak up
behind a sentry with a knife, you can’t
automatically kill him. Game it out
realistically. Target the vitals or neck.
Since it’s a surprise attack, he won’t be
hitting back: make an All-Out attack!
Your attack roll will almost certainly
succeed. Your victim gets no active
defense at all. You will probably inflict
enough injury to incapacitate or kill
him. But it isn’t automatic.