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05-15-2013, 03:26 PM | #1 |
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[LT/ HT/ UT] Deep penetration
This is about the Hit Location options and, sorta, over penetration.
An extension of the option for some damage types to target Vitals, ditto Spine. I'm sure it's not how everyone does it but I'm opting to read the "4th" die as: 1 = Vitals/Veins, 6 = Spine/Joint, depending, in non-targeted attacks. Normally, the Spine is only an option from the rear but, how about an Imp [or Pi or TbB] attack from the front that penetrates deeply enough to hit the Spine, eg enough damage for an over penetration, and then some, and rolled a 6 on the 4th die? It's really only likely with battle rifles but there were siege weapons that could manage it:D
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05-15-2013, 03:31 PM | #2 | |
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Re: [LT/ HT/ UT] Deep penetration
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05-15-2013, 03:36 PM | #3 | |
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Re: [LT/ HT/ UT] Deep penetration
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Do you think it's rare enough to fall below Gurps probabilities?
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05-15-2013, 03:41 PM | #4 |
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Re: [LT/ HT/ UT] Deep penetration
I was wrong. Impaling can target the spine (Martial Arts p 137).
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05-15-2013, 04:02 PM | #5 |
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Re: [LT/ HT/ UT] Deep penetration
"I'm sure it's not how everyone does it": I am choosing to use 1-6 Gore-Bone. Okay, it makes it a 1-in-3 chance of special effects but only for most locations and most damage:D
A bullet hitting the spine after entering the torso from in front is the possibility I'm working from. It could as easily be a ballista bolt or a minotaur's arrow. There is the possibility that I should be rolling 6 dice to determine Hit Location: 3d for general location, 1d for Gore, 1d for Bone, 1d for sub-location... You know, now I think of it, that might suit some folk fine. It would mean you could hit the Vitals and the Spine, or Vein and Joint. Remote but possible.
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05-15-2013, 03:53 PM | #6 |
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Re: [LT/ HT/ UT] Deep penetration
It seems totally possible for an impaling weapon that over-penetrates (but only then) to hit the spine from the front. Having this happen on a 1 on 1d doesn't seem too high of a probability, IMHO.
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05-15-2013, 03:57 PM | #7 |
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Re: [LT/ HT/ UT] Deep penetration
Actually 16 2/3 percent seems way too high to me. Unless we count the spine as much bigger than just the cord and vertebrae.
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05-15-2013, 08:14 PM | #9 |
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