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Originally Posted by TheOneRonin

Good point. And since the knife is already at -1 to Parry, it makes it pretty unlikely to happen unless your foe is really skilled.

Good point

Originally Posted by TheOneRonin

If you have a high enough Karate or Brawling to even think about attempting this, you'll get a damage bonus from high skill.

So ST 10 Karate guy with Karate-18 is doing 1d+1 thr cr with a Stamp Kick.

At that point, I'm not sure if it's worth bothering to target the Ankle(Joint) over just the Foot. You only need 4 points of damage to cripple the foot vs. 3 to cripple the Ankle on a 10-HP opponent. Even with a 16 HP opponent, you are looking at needing 5 damage vs. ankle compared to 6 damage vs. the foot.

I'd rather just go for the Foot and be able to sink another 2 points into Deceptive Attack. And if I built a Martial Artist, I'd probably have ST 12 at minimum, and more likely ST 14.

At that point, your Stamp Kick is doing 1d+3 thr cr, so crippling the foot is almost guaranteed..

Very true

Originally Posted by TheOneRonin

True. From an efficiency standpoint, it's really hard not to max out Kicking if you are building a hand-to-hand fighter. It's just very good...especially with being able to attack at Reach 1.

Yeah