Question: Say a scoundrel’s two first level harm boxes are full. Then he takes second level harm but he wants to resist it. Normally he’d resist and the new harm would drop to first level, but those are full, so it has no place to go. What’s the ruling on this?
TIA.
Resisting can have variable be effects; it’s possible to avoid harm completely, under the right circumstances.
But assuming that isn’t on the table in this example, then yes, by the rules, taking another level 1 harm would bump it to level 2. In this instance, as the GM, I’d advise the player not to bother resisting. It’s also good practice for saying “don’t bother resisting” without giggling, which will serve you well in life.
If the scoundrel can also use armor, they can downgrade the harm to level 0 and avoid it completely.
Alternatively, if you can think of a way to make it work in the fiction, you can (but do not need to) offer the option of resisting the level 2 Harm down to a minor complication instead.
Thanks for the advice.