The Eyes Have It: Armor Chinks

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Originally Posted by Varyon

Agreed, but that -1 means that most fighters who are able to target the eyes are going to target the eye slits instead. I'd prefer there to be a real choice involved.

I have to wonder if the intent of the rules isn't to force targeting the slits, bypassing all DR, as the only way to hit the eyes through a helmet the covers the face.

Originally Posted by Varyon

Understandable, but certainly it makes sense for "weak armor" and "here there be arteries" to have at least a little overlap.

I think my issue with it isn't that they can't be the same sort of location, merely that you can't target them both at the same time - that you can target the chinks, but hitting the vein/joint/whatever underneath can only happen by random roll based on the location.