Changes to spells from GURPS

[WingedKagouti]

Originally Posted by benz72

I contend that there are plenty of avenues for an attack to the arm that severed the limb to cause death without any previous injury whatsoever.

Bleeding out from a wound is very clearly lablelled as an optional rule in GURPS (B420), as such it is the default assumption that injury does not cause ongoing damage, unless it was caused by an attack which specifically has that effect (usually via the Cyclic enhancement).