03-18-2014, 08:41 PM | #41 | |
Join Date: Apr 2007
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Re: Reluctant Killer and Called Shots
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Any attack which has the potential to be lethal should be penalized (such as a 3d swing by a baseball bat at someone's Torso as the base damage alone could conceivably kill someone... I'd say the -4 penalty would cover "aiming for the gut" and hoping you don't rupture their spleen or intestines - in this case the PC has the option to "pull their ST" to attack no penalty by reducing it to under 2d or so). |
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03-18-2014, 10:08 PM | #42 | |
formerly known as 'Kenneth Latrans'
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Wyoming, Michigan
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Re: Reluctant Killer and Called Shots
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Pretty sure it's just sw+1 or sw+2 cr (Two-Handed Axe/Mace), unsure of min ST. So that's about 1d+2 to 2d on most characters who might be using it.
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03-18-2014, 10:41 PM | #43 | |
Join Date: Jun 2013
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Re: Reluctant Killer and Called Shots
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Part of the idea is that the player is somewhat gaming the system here (by claiming his character doesn't know better). Because of this, the Disadvantage isn't worth as much as it otherwise would be, and he runs a significant risk of upgrading it if he takes such risky actions. If they have combat skills that they learned from individuals who didn't have such misconceptions but knew their students did, and they took what their instructors told them to heart, sure. If their instructors had such misconceptions themselves, didn't realize it was something they really needed to teach, or the student simply didn't believe that part... not so much. Now, this might be such a vanishingly low chance that claiming otherwise is abusive, in which case I'd require characters with sufficient combat skills to take one of the more disadvantageous versions of the trait. |
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03-18-2014, 10:50 PM | #44 | ||
Join Date: Apr 2007
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Re: Reluctant Killer and Called Shots
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I'd also apply the penalty to punching someone (regardless of punch damage) if they continued attacking someone who was already beat to hell and back (say a bloodied opponent on his last legs but still conscious - say negative HP and struggling to remain standing) because the risk of the blow being fatal has greatly increased. Last edited by Barghaest; 03-18-2014 at 10:58 PM. |
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basic set, character, disadvantage, pacifism, realism |
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