More Wounds for Mothership

09 Nov, 2025

Some more wound tables for the Mothership Sci-Fi Horror RPG, written for Mothership Month 25!

• Brutal: ripping, tearing attacks.
• Chemical: poison gases and chemical agents.
• Cold: extended exposure to extreme cold.
• Heat: extended exposure to extreme heat.
• Strange: otherworldly energies, godlike powers, things beyond reality, etc.

content warnings: gore, injury. illness, and death.

Brutal

0. Mouthful of blood. Panic Check.
1. Teeth shattered. [-] until you spit them out.
2. Hand smashed. [-] manual tasks.
3. Nose crushed. Bleeding +1
4. Ear ripped off.
5. Broken pelvis. Bleeding +4
6. Jaw torn off. Bleeding +5
7. Face caved in. Bleeding +6
8. Crushed airway. [-] on all rolls.
9. Ripped apart. All Close gain 1d10 Stress. Death Save.

Chemical

0. Skin stings.
1. Eyes burn. [-] until washed out.
2. Blisters. 1d5 Stress.
3. Nausea. [-] on Speed Checks.
4. Skin peels off. -1d10 Body Save
5. Throat swells shut. [-] on all rolls.
6. Permanently blinded.
7. Brain damage. -2d10 Intellect.
8. Organ failure. -2d10 Body Save.
9. Respiratory failure. Death Save.

Cold

0. Shivering.
1. Hands numb. [-] on manual tasks.
2. Stumbling. [-] on Speed Checks.
3. Confused. [-] on Intellect Checks.
4. Frozen feet. -1d10 Speed.
5. Hallucination. 1d5 Stress.
6. Blackened extremities. -1d10 Body Save.
7. Heart racing. 1d10 Stress.
8. Body shutting down. [-] on all rolls.
9. Unconscious. Death Save.

Heat

0. Sweating.
1. Irritable. [-] on Fear Saves.
2. Out of breath. [-] on Strength Checks.
3. Dizziness. [-] on Speed Checks.
4. Exhausted. [-] until you rest.
5. Delusions. [-] on Sanity Saves.
6. Headache. 1d5 Stress.
7. Seizure. [-] on all rolls.
8. Vomiting. [-] on all rolls.
9. Unconscious. Death Save.

Strange

0. Uncontrollable twitching. [-] to next action.
1. Black fluid pours from eyes. All Close make a Panic Check.
2. Limbs multiply. +1d10 Speed. +3 Minimum Stress.
3. Awful visions. 1d10 Stress.
4. Fractal puncture. 2d10 DMG.
5. Unnatural pregnancy.
6. Mind Broken. -2d10 Sanity Save.
7. Memory erased.
8. Skin melts off. 3d10 DMG.
9. Obliterated. No Death Save. You have died.