Incapacitations are the third and most severe tier of 🤕 Injury. A limb reaches Incapacitation through 🤕 Injury Escalation — when an already-injured limb takes further damage and the END + Survival Test fails.
For robotic creatures, Incapacitations are called System Failures.
See 🤕 Injuries for the full escalation rules.
Incapacitations by Limb
| Limb | Incapacitation |
|---|---|
| Head | 😵 Concussion |
| Torso | 🖤 Organ Failure |
| Arm | Mangled Arm |
| Leg | Mangled Leg |
Treatment
Incapacitations require the most demanding treatments at higher DCs:
- 🦴 Bone Surgery (DC 20) — for Mangled Arm / Mangled Leg
- 🧵 Internal Surgery (DC 20) — for 🖤 Organ Failure
- 🧠 Cranial Stabilization (DC 20) — for 😵 Concussion
Treatment Quality (Proper / Adequate / Improvised) further modifies the DC. See the 📋 Treatment Table for full details.
Post-Mending Effects
Even after successful treatment, Incapacitations often leave a lingering Weakened debuff if the injury was mended through anything other than a 🏕 Long Rest:
- Mangled Arm → 🥀 Weakened Arm
- Mangled Leg → 🥀 Weakened Leg
- 😵 Concussion → Weakened Mind
- 🖤 Organ Failure → Weakened Organs
For robotic System Failures, the equivalent action is Reboot (or 🔩 Fix Malfunction with significant resource cost) using a 🧰 Toolkit or ⚪ Uncommon Scrap.