Breath of Life

Cost: 5
Ability Type: Technique, Difficulty 15+
Related Skill: First Aid
Prerequisites: First Aid 5 or Essence Insight

By breathing into their lungs and massaging their heart, you can attempt to return a recently deceased character back to life. Breath of Life requires a First Aid check with difficulty of 15 plus the patient's current Wound Penalty and, if successful, allows him to make a fresh Trauma Check. The patient can be granted up to three bonus checks in total (regardless of how many characters decide to aid them with Breath of Life) and suffers an additional -1 to the second check and a -2 to the third. If the deceased has been dead for more than a minute they receive an additional -3 penalty to their check for every minute they have been dead. If they have been dead for more than three minutes then Breath of Life can no longer help them.