I reread Mothership’s Player Survival guide and it struck me as odd that it says that “in space you can last 15 seconds without oxygen before falling unconscious”.
And it seems very low. Maybe the key is that it’s only if you are in space? In the cold, vacuum space? Of course I couldn’t help myself and tried holding my breath for 30 seconds and it was very easy with an atmosphere. And I’m no astronaut, athlete, nor scuba diver.
I’m thinking about houseruling that if you’re able to at least take a deep breath few short breaths to oxygenate and then let go beforehand, you should add a number of seconds equal to your Body save. And any previous training would add an advantage.
Does that seem reasonable?
The low pressure causes the gasses to leave your blood, rapidly deoxigenating it; leading to hypoxia and death shortly later. It seems no animal has ever survived more than 90 seconds of vacuum exposure.
This page talks about it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effect_of_spaceflight_on_the_human_body#Vacuum
Other than the Tardigrades of course.
Those cocky bastards
Thanks for the link. I’d forgotten about this. Of course, I’ve only read it phrased in the scenarios where scuba divers resurface too fast.
I guess my proposed solution only works within a pressurized environment.