Extreme Temperature (Major)

Whether the frigid lands of the Arctic or the intense heat of a student theater without air conditioning, the Area suffers from temperatures to the extreme. When applying this to an Area, choose Heat or Cold, as appropriate.

Complication

This Complication affects all physical actions taken in the Area, unless the characters have taken specific Survival-based precautions, have protective gear, or have some kind of immunity.

Consequence

If not bought off, it inflicts a temperature-appropriate debilitating Status Effect (such as frostbite or dehydration) which imposes +2 difficulty to physical actions and resolves when treated with Medicine.