diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/damage_procs.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/damage_procs.dm
index 44701a26b2..e7426aa1fa 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/damage_procs.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/damage_procs.dm
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@
 /mob/living/proc/getBruteLoss()
 	return bruteloss
 
-/mob/living/proc/adjustBruteLoss(amount, updating_health = TRUE, forced = FALSE)
+//only_robotic and only_organic arg only relevant for carbons
+/mob/living/proc/adjustBruteLoss(amount, updating_health = TRUE, forced = FALSE, only_robotic = FALSE, only_organic = TRUE)
 	if(!forced && (status_flags & GODMODE))
 		return FALSE
 	bruteloss = clamp((bruteloss + (amount * CONFIG_GET(number/damage_multiplier))), 0, maxHealth * 2)
@@ -215,7 +216,8 @@
 /mob/living/proc/getFireLoss()
 	return fireloss
 
-/mob/living/proc/adjustFireLoss(amount, updating_health = TRUE, forced = FALSE)
+//only_robotic and only_organic arg only relevant for carbons
+/mob/living/proc/adjustFireLoss(amount, updating_health = TRUE, forced = FALSE, only_robotic = FALSE, only_organic = TRUE)
 	if(!forced && (status_flags & GODMODE))
 		return FALSE
 	fireloss = clamp((fireloss + (amount * CONFIG_GET(number/damage_multiplier))), 0, maxHealth * 2)