Hi!
I suggest making Hot Hot! a debuff. My character just died of Hot Hot! which makes no sense... unless it was a bunch of magical peppers or cursed ones, but nope, ordinary pepper grinded and spiced my food.
Debuff should be like a -5% to perception per meal having Hot Hot! When your character gets to 100% loss of perception he collapes and is uncounscious (NOT DEAD).
Makes no sense that Hot Hot! can kill your character.
Wish I knew Hot Hot! could kill. Would not have put spice on all my meals. Ridiculous to die from that.
Hope it becomes a debuff instead of a wound... it is just that your eyes are filled with water, your mouth is burning and your character is like saying "hot hot!" while doing the hot dance.
(character could have a bubble saying hot hot! at 20% perception loss, do the dancing at 50%, etc. hehe!)
Wish I could get my old self back. This is the dumbest and crappiest death one can have in a video game. Come on!