Dismemberment

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Dismemberment is a mechanic present in Fear & Hunger and Fear & Hunger 2: Termina in which party members can lose their limbs creating a frequent sense of danger. The player can also take advantage of dismemberment to remove the Infected arm and the Infected leg status effects.

Dismemberment in Fear & Hunger

Playable characters in the party can be dismembered during combat, or from hazards in the overworld. The player can also choose to cut off limbs from party members using a Bonesaw.

Playable and recruitable characters have 2 arms and 2 legs, with two exceptions: Moonless has paws, while Nas'hrah has no limbs.

Limb loss in F&H 1
Limbs lost	Effect on player character	Effect on character in party
One arm	Cannot equip any shields or two-handed weapons, cannot cut off their own remaining arm using Bonesaw.	Cannot equip any shields or two-handed weapons, cannot cut off their own remaining arm using Bonesaw.
Both arms	Cannot equip any shields or any weapons, cannot use Bonesaw.	Cannot equip any shields or any weapons, cannot use Bonesaw.
One leg	Character limps in the overworld, dash skill is no longer effective.	Character limps in the overworld, but will still keep up with player.
Both legs	Character crawls in the overworld, movement speed is reduced.	Character crawls in the overworld, but will still keep up with player.
Both arms and both legs	Player character can no longer do anything in combat. In the overworld, the player character lays collapsed on the floor, and a prompt appears to "Quit breathing", resulting in a game over.	Character can still fight in combat. In the overworld, the character lays collapsed on the floor as if dead, but will still keep up with player.

Missing arms are reflected in the overworld and in the character's portrait, with a bandage covering the stumps.

There are two ways to regain lost limbs:

Marriage of flesh - The player can perform this ritual with another party member, turning the player character into a Marriage, who has all 4 limbs intact.
Favor from Lady of Moon - This restores all limbs to the player's party.

There are also five ways to protect from the dismemberment:

Equipping Arm guards - Protects the arms.
Equipping Leg guards - Protects the legs.
Equipping Penance armor - Protects all limbs.
Equipping the Salmonsnake soul - Protects all limbs.
Using Defence stance skill - Protects all limbs.

Causes of dismemberment

Losing either limb:

Cutting off any limb with a Bonesaw.

Ser Seymor's Vertical Sweep attack.

The Cavemother's One Tooth Bite attack.

A Yellow mage's Hurting spell (both in and out of combat).

The Old Knight or Knight spectre's Vertical sweep attack.

A Yellow lizardmage's Hurting spell (only outside of combat).

Losing an arm:

The hack attack of a Guard or its variants: Moonless Guard and Guard (Infected).

The sword attack of an Elite guard.

Ser Seymor's Horizontal Sweep attack.

The crude sword attack of a Lizardman and Yellow lizardmage.

The Old Knight or Knight spectre's horizontal sweep attack.

The Assassin Spectre's Horizontal sweep attack.

The Gaunt Knight's Attack or Blade Dance attack.

The White Angel's Single Blade attack.

Francóis' Cutlass attack.

Traces of Gro-goroth's Claw of a God attack.

Cahara's Cutlass attack.

D'arce's sword attack.

Any hostile party member's Miasma attack.

Losing a leg:

The low sweep attack of a Lizardman.

D'arce's Leg sweep attack.

Stepping on the bear trap.

Dismemberment in Fear & Hunger 2: Termina

Playable and recruitable characters have 2 arms and 2 legs, except for Black Kalev, who has hooves. Olivia uses a wheelchair to get around, relying entirely on her arms. If she is chosen as the player character, losing an arm will have more severe consequences. However, as a recruited character, she suffers the same penalties from limb loss as other recruited humans.

Limb loss in F&H 2
Limbs lost	Effect on player character	Effect on Olivia as player character	Effect on human character in party
One arm	Cannot equip two-handed weapons, cannot cut off their own remaining arm using Bonesaw.	Cannot equip two-handed weapons, cannot cut off her own remaining arm using Bonesaw, cannot run, movement speed is reduced.	Cannot equip two-handed weapons, cannot cut off their own remaining arm using Bonesaw.
Both arms	Cannot equip any weapons, cannot use Bonesaw.	Player character can no longer do anything in combat. In the overworld, the player character lays collapsed on the floor, and a prompt appears to "Quit breathing", resulting in a game over.	Cannot equip any weapons, cannot use Bonesaw.
One leg	Cannot run.	No effect.	Character limps in the overworld, but will still keep up with player.
Both legs	Character crawls in the overworld, movement speed is reduced.	No effect.	Character crawls in the overworld, but will still keep up with player.
Both arms and both legs	Player character can no longer do anything in combat. In the overworld, the player character lays collapsed on the floor, and a prompt appears to "Quit breathing", resulting in a game over.	Player character can no longer do anything in combat. In the overworld, the player character lays collapsed on the floor, and a prompt appears to "Quit breathing", resulting in a game over.	In the overworld, the character goes into shock and is removed from the party. The character will die once the player leaves the area.

Limb loss for Black Kalev
Limbs lost	Effect on Black Kalev
One hoof	No effect.
Two hooves	No effect.
Three hooves	In the overworld, Black Kalev collapses in shock and is removed from the party. He will die once the player leaves the area.

Shields are considered accessories, which are unaffected by limbs lost, so losing arms does not prevent a character from equipping a shield.

There are two ways to regain lost limbs:

During the intro, if the player character loses any limbs, they will regain them once they wake up on the train.
Drawing a Sylvian symbol on an Asymmetric ritual circle will restore all limbs to the player's party.

There are also five ways to protect from the dismemberment: