The injuries from complications are described as unhealable so not sure Second Stage gets around them.Hopefully the injury doesn't make much of a difference for Second Stage.
But wow, talk about bad luck.
As much as I agree that Tyrant Beast would have been a dumb choice, the gambler's fallacy is still a fallacy.If we'd gone with Tyrant after seeing the absolutely cursed series of rolls the forum diceroller was putting out, we'd deserve to die.
It was 'stab yourself for power' thank you very much. And it made sense at the time!
that was death with tyrant!!