SO:Vitals

Vitals represents core facets of Characters that can increase (up to a maximum amount, sometimes influenced by Aspects) or diminish to 0, in The Lays of Althas: Sundered Order.

Vitals can be found in the bottom left HUD (Heads-Up Display) during the course of the Game.

Primary Vitals

Primary Vitals: Health (Red Blood), Stamina (Blue Phlegm) and Novair (Yellow Light).

There are 3 planned Primary Vitals for the game:

Health

Ranges from 0 to 100 (there is no way to increase Health). If 0, the Character dies.

Health should regenerate very slowly over the passage of the day. Should regenerate faster when Resting. Should regenerate fastest with a Healing Potion.

Attacks and Falling (from large heights) will lower Health.

The following should decrease Health over time:

• Bleeding: Has a chance of occurring with Gashing and Piercing attacks. The Character needs to patch up the bleeding Limb with Bandages in order to stop Bleeding (although Resting should slow down the rate of bleeding).
• Poisoning: Would occur via Poisoned Weapons or Poisonous Animal Bites/Stings. You’d need an Antidote to stop the Poisoning.

More functionality should be added to Health later.

Stamina

Stamina is used for Running (hold Shift), Jumping (Spacebar) and Attacking (Left Mouse Click. Anytime one of these actions are performed, Stamina goes down. When Stamina is 0, Running, Jumping and Attacking cannot be performed by the Character.

The following activities should not decrease Stamina:

• Jogging: Default movement speed. Stamina should increase very slowly if at all.
• Walking: Caps Lock to switch between Walking and Jogging. Stamina should increase faster then Jogging.
• Standing Still: Stamina should increase faster then Walking.
• Sitting: F interact with a Chair to sit in it. Stamina should increase faster then Standing Still.
• Drinking Water/Stamina Potions: Should increase your Stamina the fastest then any other method.

At this time, Stamina regenerates at the same rate if you are not performing an action that will drain it.

More functionality should be added to Stamina later.

Novair

Currently not implemented in the game, and doesn't need to be a focus at this time.

Novair means "mind power" in Noralar.

Secondary Vitals

These are ancillary to Primary Vitals.

Rest

Your Character requires a certain amount of Rest every day. Rest can be achieved only through Sleeping. Sleep can only be achieved by:

• Sleeping on a Bed
• Sleeping in a Bedroll

You select the Number of Hours you wish to sleep when interacting with a Bed or Bedroll.

Every in-game hour past the last 8 hours that you slept, the Character will include -5% loss in the following Aspect:

• Strength

Every in-game hour past the last 16 hours that you slept, the Character will include -5% loss in the following Aspects:

• Endurance
• Agility
• Dexterity
• Intelligence
• Charisma

If the Player Character hasn't slept in 144 hours in-game (aka 6 Days in-game), they will automatically pass out from lack of sleep. The Player Character will sleep for 8 hours in-game.

Thermal

How Cold/Hot a Character is.

These are planned to be added as Optional Requirements the Player can add to their game in a later release.

Hunger

These are planned to be added as Optional Requirements the Player can add to their game in a later release.

Thirst

These are planned to be added as Optional Requirements the Player can add to their game in a later release.

References

• Vitals (for Player Character and NPCs): Discourse Forum discussion on this subject.
• Basic Gameplay: Vitals: The "Vitals" tab in this document explains the current plans for Vitals in the game.