Layonara - View Single Post - Idea: Increased chance of spell failure and misses when gravely wounded

twidget658 · 07-13-08, 06:03 PM

There are processes that the body goes through during battle that will enable a person to continue to fight or run (fight or flight) to self preserve itself.

Acute stress reaction or an emotional state of shock that the body enters is an adaptation that allows the body to perform under extreme stress. One of the reactions is the release of adrenaline.

Adrenaline is produced to stimulate the heart-rate, dilates blood vessels and air passages, and has a number of more minor effects. Adrenaline is naturally produced in high-stress or physically exhilarating situations. This will also hide pain and give an extra energy burst for a short amount of time. There is a term called 'pain compliance' that is used in law enforcement, and I am sure in other fields. If you are using pressure points on someone to cause them pain so s/he will comply with you orders, the second that s/he complies, the pressure point is released. There is a reason for that. If the pain continues, then s/he starts to get even more mad and the adrenaline keeps pumping. After a second or so, they feel no more pain and s/he becomes more combatant. I have heard, but not experienced it, that a gunshot victim only knows that s/he has been shot when s/he becomes dizzy from a loss of blood, when the adrenaline levels are high.

One thing that I can see with the suggestion in this thread is...once the battle is over when all of reality comes back to a person along with their wits, they are extremely weak and have to get either medical attention or rest. It should not happen during battle or while running. The body has a funny way of taking care of itself.

If you want to get into 'the body just can't go anymore'. Then that system is already in place. You get the message 'you are incapacitated'.

07-13-08, 06:03 PM	#10
twidget658 Lich Characters Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Washington Posts: 2,079 Thanks: 403 Thanked 575 Times in 287 Posts	Re: Idea: Increased chance of spell failure and misses when gravely wounded There are processes that the body goes through during battle that will enable a person to continue to fight or run (fight or flight) to self preserve itself. Acute stress reaction or an emotional state of shock that the body enters is an adaptation that allows the body to perform under extreme stress. One of the reactions is the release of adrenaline. Adrenaline is produced to stimulate the heart-rate, dilates blood vessels and air passages, and has a number of more minor effects. Adrenaline is naturally produced in high-stress or physically exhilarating situations. This will also hide pain and give an extra energy burst for a short amount of time. There is a term called 'pain compliance' that is used in law enforcement, and I am sure in other fields. If you are using pressure points on someone to cause them pain so s/he will comply with you orders, the second that s/he complies, the pressure point is released. There is a reason for that. If the pain continues, then s/he starts to get even more mad and the adrenaline keeps pumping. After a second or so, they feel no more pain and s/he becomes more combatant. I have heard, but not experienced it, that a gunshot victim only knows that s/he has been shot when s/he becomes dizzy from a loss of blood, when the adrenaline levels are high. One thing that I can see with the suggestion in this thread is...once the battle is over when all of reality comes back to a person along with their wits, they are extremely weak and have to get either medical attention or rest. It should not happen during battle or while running. The body has a funny way of taking care of itself. If you want to get into 'the body just can't go anymore'. Then that system is already in place. You get the message 'you are incapacitated'. __________________ -- The best defense is not to be there. -- Keep doing what you have been doing and you will keep getting what you have been getting.