As biological needs become more demanding, you will need to take alleviating action or suffer severe consequences from becoming weak, unconscious, or even death. Recovering vim is done in a variety of ways depending on the type of biological need. Hunger is satiated by way of nourishment, Fatigue can be alleviated by way of rest, and Clot can be depleted by way of healing.
Naturally Healing Clot
Clot can naturally heal at a rate of 1 vim per Clot4 turns (that’s the value of Clot to the power of 4). That means if you have one Clot, then it will take one full turn to heal that Clot. If you have two clot, then it takes 16 full turns to heal one clot.
Amount of Clot and number of turns until one vim is naturally healed
| Clot Level | Awake Time | Dormant Time | Medic Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 – 8 seconds | ||
| 2 | 1.5 – 2 minutes | 48 – 64 seconds | 20 – 30 seconds |
| 3 | 8 – 11 minutes | 3 – 4 minutes | 50 – 60 seconds |
| 4 | 25 – 34 minutes | 6.5 – 9 minutes | 1 – 2 minutes |
| 5 | 1 – 1.5 hours | 13 – 17 minutes | 2.5 – 3 minutes |
| 6 | 2 – 3 hours | 22 – 29 minutes | 3.5 – 5 minutes |
| 7 | 4 – 5.5 hours | 34 – 46 minutes | 5 – 6.5 minutes |
| 8 | 6.5 – 9 hours | 51 – 60 minutes | 6.5 – 8 minutes |
| 9 | 11 – 15 hours | 1 – 1.5 hours | 8 – 10 minutes |
| 10 | 17 – 22 hours | 1.5 – 2 hours | 10 – 12 minutes |
| 11 | 1 – 1.5 days | 2 – 3 hours | 12 – 13 minutes |
| 12 | 1.5 – 2 days | 3 – 4 hours | 13 – 17 minutes |
| 13 | 2 – 2.5 days | 4 – 5 hours | 17 – 21 minutes |
| 14 | 2.5 – 3.5 days | 5 – 6 hours | 21 – 25 minutes |
| 15 | 3.5 – 4.5 days | 6 – 7.5 hours | 25 – 30 minutes |
| 16 | 4.5 – 6 days | 7.5 – 9 hours | 30 – 35 minutes |
| 17 | 6 – 8 days | 9 – 11 hours | 35 – 40 minutes |
| 18 | 8 – 10 days | 11 – 13 hours | 40 – 45 minutes |
| 19 | 10 to 12 days | 13 – 15 hours | 45 – 50 minutes |
Recovering Fatigue: Dormancy
Dormancy is a rest that lasts 8 hours or more without arduous activity – including activities of physical, mental, or emotional stress. If a period of dormancy is interrupted with arduous activity, the fatigue recovery will be only partially effective with the percentage of the effect based on the amount of rest earned.
Full dormancy will fully recover fatigue. The rate for healing Clot during this time is reduced to Clot3 turns. The fatigue timer is paused during this time and the tick of the hunger timer is slowed to every 2 hours. For interrupted dormancy, the hunger and fatigue timers work as normal (no slowing or pausing) and the amount of recovered fatigue is based on 1 per hour.
The benefits of 100% dormancy will only apply once in any 24-hour span.
Recovering Fatigue: Short Rest
Fatigue can be reduced by 1 for every hour of rest. The fatigue timer does not pause during this time.
Recovering Hunger: Nourishment
Eating food can alter characters in three different ways depending on quantity and quality of the food: modify the Hunger Timer, reduce Hunger vim, add/replace a mandatory condition
Eating food will reduce an amount of Hunger depending the Food Quality. For each portion of Rounded Food a character eats, they remove a marker from Hunger and place it back to Life Support. On the other hand, it takes five portions of Desperate Food to remove a marker from Hunger and place it back to Life Support.
| Food Quality | Ratio |
|---|---|
| Rounded (nutritious) | 1 to 1 |
| Square (fairly nutritious) | 2 to 1 |
| Junk (not very nutritious) | 3 to 1 |
| Substandard (barely nutritious) | 5 to 1 |
| Type | Units |
|---|---|
| Heavy Meal | 18 |
| Meal | 12 |
| Light Meal | 9 |
| Heavy Snack | 6 |
| Snack | 3 |
| Light Snack | 1 |
Real-world Food Examples
| Description | Example | Units | -Hunger |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rounded Heavy Meal | Pasta Primavera | 18 | 18 |
| Rounded Meal | Luxury Salad | 12 | 12 |
| Rounded Light Meal | Fish Tacos | 9 | 9 |
| Rounded Heavy Snack | Power Bar | 6 | 6 |
| Rounded Snack | Fruit | 3 | 3 |
| Rounded Light Snack | Almonds | 1 | 1 |
| Square Heavy Meal | Burrito | 18 | 9 |
| Square Meal | Lasagna | 12 | 6 |
| Square Light Meal | Fish Tacos | 9 | 9 |
| Square Heavy Snack | Fruit Salad | 6 | 3 |
| Square Snack | PB Crackers | 3 | 1.5 |
| Square Light Snack | Trail Mix | 1 | .5 |
| Junk Heavy Meal | Cheese Casserole | 18 | 4.5 |
| Junk Meal | Fishsticks | 12 | 3 |
| Junk Light Meal | Pizza Rolls | 9 | 2.25 |
| Junk Heavy Snack | Cake | 6 | 1.5 |
| Junk Snack | Cookies | 3 | .75 |
| Junk Light Snack | Potato Chips | 1 | .25 |
| Substandard Heavy Meal | Grainpaste | 18 | 3.6 |
| Substandard Meal | Pet Food | 12 | 2.4 |
| Substandard Light Meal | Rotten Food | 9 | 1.8 |
| Substandard Heavy Snack | Treebark Soup | 6 | 1.2 |
| Substandard Snack | Livestock Feed | 3 | .6 |
| Substandard Light Snack | Grass Clippings | 1 | .2 |