Botches are bad. And since i like seeing horrible things happen to a character i have a HOUSE RULE for botched soaks.

Normally you cant botch a soak. Only fail. But, since im cruel;

When you botch a soak for bashing damage it is upgraded to Lethal Damage. Descrïptions should be upgraded to reflect the new trauma.

A botched soak on Lethal Damage will add one extra level of damager per Botch. For example: A BOTCH X2 adds two more levels of lethal damage.

Only in certain cases does a botch of lethal damage upgrade the damage to Aggravated. These are outlined in the book and usually just from Electricity, Fire, Falls and other weird ways to take damage.