Impairments

In their lifetime, survivors may gain abilities, impairments, severe injuries, ailments, and other painful reminders of their journey. Record these in the Abilities & Impairments section of the survivor record sheet. A survivor may have any number of impairments. Impairments are unique rules acquired by survivors that can aid, or hinder them throughout a campaign.

List of Impairments

Anemic

It takes one fewer bleeding tokens to kill you. This impairment can be gained multiple times. If you gain Anemic enough times that it takes 0 bleeding tokens to kill you, you instantly die.

Broken Vow

If any survivors with 0 Hunt XP in your hunting party die during the hunt or showdown, you retire.

Closed Meridians

Gain +6 permanent luck. At the start of your act, suffer -1 permanent luck. When you have 0 or less permanent luck, suffer the head exposion severe injury.

Dead Inside

Survivors with Dead Inside cannot gain survival.

Endless Babble

When you depart, departing survivors gain +1 insanity. You cannot encourage.

Joyless

You cannot surge.

Lapsed Pathways

When you gain a token, suffer 1 damage to a random hit location.

Leprosy

Reduce all damage suffered by 1 to a minimum of 1. Suffer -2 to severe injury rolls.

Marrow Hunger

If the Murder or Skull Eater settlement events are drawn, nominate this survivor.

Servant of Fate

An impairment unique to Luck the Wanderer. Luck's fortune prevents him from dying. If Luck would die, he instead returns to the settlement with -1 ❤. When Luck departs with an Immortal survivor, +1 ❤.

Slipped Plate

Your skull digs into your brain's pleasure center. Whenever you critically wound, you wince. After resolving the critical wound, you are knocked down.

Thin-Skinned

You cannot gain insanity for any reason.

Wrecked Wrist

When you activate a weapon or terrain, suffer 1 damage to the arms location.