I like little bespoke mechanics. Here’s one.

How to stabilise a dying person

If you have a medical kit, it contains five tools a tincture (d4), a tourniquet (d6), a lancet (d8), a trephine (d10), and a bonesaw (d12). When you’ve used one to stabilise someone, cross it out.

When you go to stabilise someone, secretly choose a tool. The person being stabilised secretly chooses a number of HP between 1 and 12. You can tell the referee if either of you aren’t trustworthy.

Roll your tool die. If you roll under the number of HP the dying person chose, they are healed to that number of HP. If you do not, they bleed out.

You must repair your tools if you use it. They cost that dice size to repair.

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