[@clericbeast]

Heh, too true.  My self-imposed badass character during the teenage years suffered a lot... I feel sometimes injuries we inflict on characters modelled on ourselves may speak to a darker part of our souls than we like think exists!  (That and we are all, of course, capable of rising above any number of fatal injuries to live another day because of our innate heroism and badassery - there would be no honour in succeeding without suffering severely!)

On a relevant note: I imagine such a character would find some solace in that there would be no waiting list for books from the local library during such times... the perks of surviving into a post-apocalyptic world.