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Originally Posted by johndallman
Characters don't have detailed insight into the combat rules. It is easier to be confident that someone isn't going to recover from what you did to him if his blood is all over the ground than if you've throttled him, apparently to death, but don't have time or light for a detailed examination.
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True. But on the other hand, there's certainly also the perceived risk of holding the target with just one hand, as opposed to two. Because if s/he breaks free, there will be lots of trouble, both the next second and once the rest of the enemy camps hears the sounds.