Entangle & Hit locations

Tinman · 01-12-2012, 02:26 PM

I PM'ed Kromm my original post (pretty much) & this was his answer...

Weapons use the hit locations for striking. The special, easier penalties for grappling are meant to reflect using the entire body to systematically engage the target over the attacker's entire turn. Smacking the target with a weapon bears little semblance to that; really, the difference between entangling and lashing for damage is mostly that of connecting with a slightly different piece of the weapon. The motions are almost identical. The same logic applies to Hook, which does explicitly state "standard hit location penalties."

01-12-2012, 02:26 PM	#15
Tinman Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: New York City	Re: Entangle & Hit locations I PM'ed Kromm my original post (pretty much) & this was his answer... Weapons use the hit locations for striking. The special, easier penalties for grappling are meant to reflect using the entire body to systematically engage the target over the attacker's entire turn. Smacking the target with a weapon bears little semblance to that; really, the difference between entangling and lashing for damage is mostly that of connecting with a slightly different piece of the weapon. The motions are almost identical. The same logic applies to Hook, which does explicitly state "standard hit location penalties."