Grappling using a Chainsaw

[Ubiquitous]

I have an idea for a personalized weapon for a character; a gauntlet with chainsaw links along the front knuckles and along the back for punching and back-handing and the same arrangement on the front of the hand for slaps or grapples.

Now, if I grapple, how much damage would a chainsaw do CLENCHED on something,.

[Gold & Appel Inc]

Originally Posted by Ubiquitous

I have an idea for a personalized weapon for a character; a gauntlet with chainsaw links along the front knuckles and along the back for punching and back-handing and the same arrangement on the front of the hand for slaps or grapples.

Now, if I grapple, how much damage would a chainsaw do CLENCHED on something,.

Not very much if I'm reading this correctly. Immobile chainsaw links are safe to handle bare-handed. Maybe +1 to punching over a regular gauntlet for the jagged metal striking surface, if you're feeling generous.

If you're talking about a glove somehow covered in moving chainsaw blades, then reality has gone right out the window and you may as well make it do whatever damage you want. Regular chainsaw damage sounds about right to me - multiple blades make up for the shorter length and distributed area of surface contact, sort of, if you squint a little...

[Ubiquitous]

Originally Posted by Gold & Appel Inc

Not very much if I'm reading this correctly. Immobile chainsaw links are safe to handle bare-handed. Maybe +1 to punching over a regular gauntlet for the jagged metal striking surface, if you're feeling generous.

If you're talking about a glove somehow covered in moving chainsaw blades, then reality has gone right out the window and you may as well make it do whatever damage you want. Regular chainsaw damage sounds about right to me - multiple blades make up for the shorter length and distributed area of surface contact, sort of, if you squint a little...

Yeah, but multiple chainsaw links in addition to multiple points of contact means...five times the damage, 1 x number of fingers?

[Gold & Appel Inc]

Originally Posted by Ubiquitous

Yeah, but multiple chainsaw links in addition to multiple points of contact means...five times the damage, 1 x number of fingers?

That's pretty much exactly not what I opined, but when you're talking about something this silly the only real limit is what your players are willing to suspend disbelief on. If you think they'd swallow that rationale, go for it. ;)

[David Johnston2]

Originally Posted by Ubiquitous

I have an idea for a personalized weapon for a character; a gauntlet with chainsaw links along the front knuckles and along the back for punching and back-handing and the same arrangement on the front of the hand for slaps or grapples.

Now, if I grapple, how much damage would a chainsaw do CLENCHED on something,.

Zilch. But it would be a little uncomfortable.

[Maz]

Originally Posted by Ubiquitous

Yeah, but multiple chainsaw links in addition to multiple points of contact means...five times the damage, 1 x number of fingers?

Haha, oh wait are you serious?

Multiple points of contact destribute the damage over a larger area, meaning actually less damage. Thats why GURPS give a damage difference between a rounded mace and a normal war-mace.

I would rule it count as knuckedusters +1 punch dam... no matter if you got one ridge or 5 or 100.

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Hopwever if your talking about some sci-fi weapon with moving chainlinks on your hand I would rule it doing 1d6 dam per sec of contact.

[martinl]

Originally Posted by Ubiquitous

I have an idea for a personalized weapon for a character; a gauntlet with chainsaw links along the front knuckles and along the back for punching and back-handing and the same arrangement on the front of the hand for slaps or grapples.

Now, if I grapple, how much damage would a chainsaw do CLENCHED on something,.

Note that they will cut only as deep as the chainsaw projects from your knuckles. It might make more sense[1] to put the saw along the side of your hand and chop.

[1] In the kind of world where chain saw gauntlets make sense in the first place.

[Ubiquitous]

Alright, lemme clarify a few things;

Yeah it's a glove where there's a chainsaw link basically everywhere.
And these links spin, per a chainsaw.

Now.

Chainsaws do the damage they do because they motor around while cutting.

So if I have essentially five chainsaws, I'm doing five chainsaws of damage, one per finger, was what I was saying.

Is there a problem with that logic.

And if I'm clenching these chainsaws around someone (like fingers, on a glove, a glove full of chainsaws), like around their wrist, how would this modify the strength component of the chainsaw, since the chainsaw is now enclosed around the person's wrist?

[Maz]

Originally Posted by Ubiquitous

Is there a problem with that logic.

You mean aside from physics and simple normal human logic? No. I get the picture perfectly, it's just not, in any way a logical weapon that is in any way availeble with technology of today (not without drastic drawbacks). But no reason to let that stop you :)

Originally Posted by Ubiquitous

And if I'm clenching these chainsaws around someone (like fingers, on a glove, a glove full of chainsaws), like around their wrist, how would this modify the strength component of the chainsaw, since the chainsaw is now enclosed around the person's wrist?

Well lets assume that it does indeed do more damage because there are 5 "blades".
A normal Chainsaw does 1d extra thanks to the rotating links, so 5 should deal 5d. The clenching doesn't deal any more damage than normal, as you need to press the chainsaw hard against something for it to deal damage in the first place. So realyl clenchign it hard would indeed be the only way to deal damage with it.


So 5d per dec you are clenching someones wrist. A wrist is able to take over 1xHP before it's chopped off. So grasping someones wrist would cut it off in 1 sec for most people.

[Ubiquitous]

Originally Posted by Maz

You mean aside from physics and simple normal human logic? No. I get the picture perfectly, it's jsut not, in any way a logical weapon that is in anyway availeble with technology of today (not without drastic drawbacks). But no reason to let that stop you :)

Oh I know but it seems like so much fuuun...

Originally Posted by Maz

Well lets assume that it does indeed do more damage because there are 5 "blades".
A normal Chainsaw does 1d extra thanks to the rotating links, so 5 should deal 5d. The clenching doesn't deal any more damage than normal, as you need to press the chainsaw hard against something for it to deal damage in the first place. So realyl clenchign it hard would indeed be the only way to deal damage with it.


So 5d per dec you are clenching someones wrist. A wrist is able to take over 1xHP before it's chopped off. So grasping someones wrist would cut it off in 1 sec for most people.

What if I did that palm-strike dealie Karate folks in movies always do? Wearing my Chainhand.