Teeth: What is...

~~smurf~~ · 05-15-2012, 05:51 AM

OK looked round and around etc.

Biting is normally ST damage crushing.

1. Then you could have 'sharp teeth' = cutting damage
2. Then you could have 'beak or cainines' = Large Piercing
3. Then you could have 'Fangs a la big teeth' = impaling damage

AFAIK Large Piercing is 1.5 multplier as with Cutting damage, is there anything I am missing out. What makes these 2 distinct, why the differentiation?

Impaling damage is double - as it cannot be swung it cannot be stuck (not sure if that is old 3rd E or it is still in 4th E)

sir_pudding · 05-15-2012, 05:59 AM

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Originally Posted by smurf

AFAIK Large Piercing is 1.5 multplier as with Cutting damage, is there anything I am missing out. What makes these 2 distinct, why the differentiation?

Large Piercing is reduced for Injury Tolerance: Unliving and Homogenous as well as limbs. Cutting is not.
Piercing attacks can target the Eye and the Vitals. Cutting cannot.

Gurps Fan · 06-12-2012, 12:59 AM

Here are a few other minor differences between pi+ and cut.

Cut is more useful

When attacking arm, leg, hand, or feet hit location, pi+ gets a reduced wounding multiplier *1, but cut keeps its *1.5. (See p. B399.)
When attacking structures (like doors and walls), some types of structures loses their DR as if it were semi-ablative against pi+, but cut reduces DR as if it were ablative. (See pp. B558-559.)

Pi+ is more useful

Pi can target armor chinks, while cut can't. (See pp. B400.)
Pi gets the *3 wounding multiplier when it hits on vitals. (See pp. B400.)
If the additional rules for hit locations in Low-Tech are being used, pi has a 1 in 6 chance to hit the opponent's vitals on a ordinary torso hit. (See pp. 102-103 of Low-Tech.)

05-15-2012, 05:51 AM	#1
~~smurf~~ Banned Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Bristol	Teeth: What is... OK looked round and around etc. Biting is normally ST damage crushing. 1. Then you could have 'sharp teeth' = cutting damage 2. Then you could have 'beak or cainines' = Large Piercing 3. Then you could have 'Fangs a la big teeth' = impaling damage AFAIK Large Piercing is 1.5 multplier as with Cutting damage, is there anything I am missing out. What makes these 2 distinct, why the differentiation? Impaling damage is double - as it cannot be swung it cannot be stuck (not sure if that is old 3rd E or it is still in 4th E)

06-12-2012, 12:59 AM	#3
Gurps Fan Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Japan	Re: Teeth: What is... Here are a few other minor differences between pi+ and cut. Cut is more useful When attacking arm, leg, hand, or feet hit location, pi+ gets a reduced wounding multiplier 1, but cut keeps its 1.5. (See p. B399.) When attacking structures (like doors and walls), some types of structures loses their DR as if it were semi-ablative against pi+, but cut reduces DR as if it were ablative. (See pp. B558-559.) Pi+ is more useful Pi can target armor chinks, while cut can't. (See pp. B400.) Pi gets the 3 wounding multiplier when it hits on vitals. (See pp. B400.) If the additional rules for hit locations in Low-Tech* are being used, pi has a 1 in 6 chance to hit the opponent's vitals on a ordinary torso hit. (See pp. 102-103 of Low-Tech.) __________________ Gurps Fan, a rules lawyer from the mysterious country of ninja, samurai, and magical girls, the inventor of M.U.N.C.H.K.I.N.