Kicking Technique vs a Standing Broom vs Snap Weapon technique

Gollum · 04-17-2022, 01:31 AM

If you want to be simple, you can just use an attack roll and decide that if it is successful, the broom will be projected in the room and, if the margin of success is high (something like 5+ or critical success), it will also be broken.

If you want to be more realistic you can use the damage to object rules (Basic Set, page 483). A broom is something like a pole. A good wooden pole (1” thick) has DR 1, HP 14 (Basic Set, page 558). But a mere modern broom is surely not so solid. Probably something like DR 1 (if any), HP 5 …

The attack will be an All-Out Attack Strong (+2 to damage), Telegraphic (+4) with several turns of Evaluate (+3) …

A good karateka (ST 11, Karate DX+1 or better) will inflict 1d cr damage with a kick which means 1d+2 with the All Out Strong attack (3 to 8, average 5.5). Then, if the broom is reduced to 0 HP or less, you will have to roll against his HT (probably 10) to see whether it breaks.

But the broom must be firmly fixed on the ground or, it will be projected through the room rather than breaking … Unless being very lucky … That is, unless the player scored a critical success. In my humble opinion, there is no realistic way to break a broom which is not firmly fixed (or firmly held in hand by someone) with a crushing attack.

04-17-2022, 01:31 AM	#3
Gollum Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: France	Re: Kicking Technique vs a Standing Broom vs Snap Weapon technique If you want to be simple, you can just use an attack roll and decide that if it is successful, the broom will be projected in the room and, if the margin of success is high (something like 5+ or critical success), it will also be broken. If you want to be more realistic you can use the damage to object rules (Basic Set, page 483). A broom is something like a pole. A good wooden pole (1” thick) has DR 1, HP 14 (Basic Set, page 558). But a mere modern broom is surely not so solid. Probably something like DR 1 (if any), HP 5 … The attack will be an All-Out Attack Strong (+2 to damage), Telegraphic (+4) with several turns of Evaluate (+3) … A good karateka (ST 11, Karate DX+1 or better) will inflict 1d cr damage with a kick which means 1d+2 with the All Out Strong attack (3 to 8, average 5.5). Then, if the broom is reduced to 0 HP or less, you will have to roll against his HT (probably 10) to see whether it breaks. But the broom must be firmly fixed on the ground or, it will be projected through the room rather than breaking … Unless being very lucky … That is, unless the player scored a critical success. In my humble opinion, there is no realistic way to break a broom which is not firmly fixed (or firmly held in hand by someone) with a crushing attack.