[House Rule][Martial Arts] Separated Vitals.

[aesir23]

Originally Posted by Vaevictis Asmadi

These are pretty cool! At least as a thought exercise, and for anyone who honestly wants that much realism in a game. :)

Thanks. I've been having fun with it.

Originally Posted by Vaevictis Asmadi

Should kidneys also get a penalty to bleeding rolls? Maybe they aren't as bad as the liver or lungs, but they are filled with blood vessels. Maybe -1?

Yes, probably. -1 sounds good.

Originally Posted by Vaevictis Asmadi

And what about the spleen? That isn't "vitals" but it is pretty vascular, right?

What would the effects be? Just more bleeding? Can you survive a badly damaged spleen? I really don't know enough to even make an educated guess.

Originally Posted by Vaevictis Asmadi

Now, if you want to get absurdly specific, there is the pancreas, which if damaged badly enough could potentially give somebody diabetes. ;) But that's probably taking the details too far, and the thing's pretty small.

This reminds me of another issue with these vitals: for some of them you should have to make a Physiology or IQ-Based Combat Skill roll in order to target them intentionally, right?

You also get into diminishing returns: if I include the pancreas, but it's both harder to hit and less damaging than the kidneys, who would ever target it?

There definitely is such a thing as too much detail, but the point of this thought experiment IS to take things too far. :)