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Old 07-08-2011, 12:00 PM   #47
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Default Re: Question about cutting a throat.

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Originally Posted by Langy View Post
Note that most characters probably won't do enough damage with a knife to the throat to kill, or even seriously injure, anyone. They'll be knocked down to about half of their normal HP, be bleeding, but still have a good few minutes to fight back, raise an alarm, etc.
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I think you are mistaken. First of all, this is not a god way to remove a sentry because in real life, cutting the throat is loud and takes a long time for a person to die and the sentry can raise the alarm. the GURPS rules reflect this.

Veins and arteries (if cut) bleed for 1 HP per turn! For a typical 10 HT that is a maximum of 1 minute IF they make every roll to stay alive. A typical 10 ST using a knife might spen 1 FP to do xtra damage and all out attack for x-tra damage as well. This brings the knife damage up to 1d+3 with an average roll of 3-7. This translates to 6-14 damage and then shock penalties accumulate and stun and all theother wonderful injury rules that reduces defenses so the 2nd, 3rd and 4th attacks basically can't be defended against.

it is only in the movies that the cutting of a throat INSTANTLY kills a person. this is not realistic at all and even in the movies the people grab their throats and stare at the killer for some seconds before finally failing a roll to stay conscious. they are STILL alive at this point and are waiting to fail a roll to stay alive.

Sentry removal usually involves getting asentry prone, very quickly with his face in the dirt. this is accomplished by a grap of the crotch from behind and a forceful, forward shove to the back of the head, driving the victims face into the dirt. the body's automatic responce to a groind grab is an intake of air which keeps the victim quiet. The victim is now prone and pinned (pinning rules are brutal in gurps) Follow this with quick stabs to the kidneys or the brain stem (x3 or x4 damage for 9-21 damage on average using the numbers above)

this whole process can take 4-5 seconds, which is blindingly fast in the real world but seems slow in the turn based combat system of GURPS. Regardles though, the GURPS system adequately deals with this sort of scenario.
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