Noob question about wounds and timing.

By voidant, in CoC Rules Discussion

OK, everything I read makes the answer seem fairly obvious, but I just want to be 100% clear. A wounded character (without toughness) is destroyed immediately, and therefore does not contribute any icons or skill points to the remaining struggles and skill check. This also means that wound tokens are really only used when a character has toughness. Am I understanding this correctly?

yes. You have it correct.

And welcome!

Thanks! I'm really enjoying this game. :)

voidant said:

OK, everything I read makes the answer seem fairly obvious, but I just want to be 100% clear. A wounded character (without toughness) is destroyed immediately, and therefore does not contribute any icons or skill points to the remaining struggles and skill check. This also means that wound tokens are really only used when a character has toughness. Am I understanding this correctly?

Your right. During the story struggle, when you lose a combat struggle and choose to wound a character if that character doesnt have any wounds left, he goes in the discard pile. A character you turn insane doesnt contribute either, but a character you refresh, due to winning an arcane struggle, would contribute. He is still in the story.