Recovering Lost Secondary Attributes

Ability Values, or Secondary Attributes, are the scores derived from a character's Primary Attributes, which include Body-Mind-Spirit, Endurance, Influence, Knowledge, Panic, Perception, Skill, and Willpower. [Table]

Repairing damage to any of these attributes will not require any medical intervention, only time.  Unless the damage is listed as "permanent" or some other figure is given, lost ability values recover slowly to maximum over a 24-hour period.  For example, a Thief with maximum Willpower 12 will regain a lost point of Willpower every two hours.  A Warrior with maximum Endurance 18 will regain a lost point of Endurance once every 90 minutes.  In the event of fractions, round recovery times to the nearest turn (10 minutes).

Losses to ability values have a direct effect on the functionality of the character.  For example, example, a Wishsinger whom has lost 3 points of Influence has a 15% greater chance of failing a Wishsong that involves voice.  A Protector with the Mental Discipline skill is less effective in spirit combat if his Willpower has been damaged.  For the most part, losses of ability values have a direct negative impact on all noncombat skills as well as Wishsinging and spirit combat.

Any character that has an ability value that drops to zero or below immediately falls unconscious until such a time as that value can naturally climb back to at least 1.  In the realm of Gaianar, the most commonly drained ability value is Willpower. This attribute in particular denotes a character's resistance to spiritual possession by demonic forces.

The table below states the rates at which damaged ability values will recover.  The "AV" is the ability value, while "RR" denotes "recovery rate", which is measured in turns.