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If you lose an item that gave a stat bonus while you are already damaged, can it kill you?

Two threads describe the same bonus-loss case, and the rulebook covers only the death rule.

  • dcclark · Community · 2010-11-01
  • l-hansen · Community · 2010-11-01
  • Curtis Anderson · Community · 2010-10-16
  • bleached_lizard · Community · 2010-10-15
  • Antistone · Community · 2007-12-11
  • ColtsFan76 · Community · 2007-12-09

Once the haunt has started, yes: losing the bonus can push that trait down to the skull symbol and kill you. Before the haunt, the trait stops at its lowest value instead. Points raised over a trait's printed maximum act as extra health, and losing the item removes only that part, not the printed value.

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