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Originally Posted by sir_pudding
I used the rules that these are derived from from GURPS Dungeon Fantasy 2: Dungeons frequently in my last DF game. I found that for the most part the PCs did enough damage that most monsters that it makes sense to treat as minions would have suffered a major wound anyway, so really having them stop fighting with any hit that did damage was just a time saving measure that didn't change the difficulty of the encounter or its outcome.
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This won't be true if some party members (like the Wizard) lack high-damage attacks. Also major wound != out of the fight. If it wasn't a face hit, there's a good chance the monster will make the HT roll, and if it fails but it was only one of a horde, delivering the coup de grace vs. dealing with other members of the horde is a real dilemma. And if they don't deliver the coup de grace, it might succeed on the roll to recover at any time.
Worthy vs. boss can also make a big, big difference if a monster's HT score is high.