Overriding wounding modifiers by enemy type and hit location

[JMD]

If I attack an unliving creature with a piercing weapon, my wounding modifier is reduced to x.33 (B378). However, if I were to attack their brain, would my wounding modifier remain .33 or would it go up to x4?

Under the skull hit location rules (B399) it says that "the wounding modifier for all attacks increases to x4."

So which rule takes precedence?

Also, if the skull rule wins out, what do we make of creatures with no brain, such as homogeneous types? A statue with a skull but no brain still gets the x4 damage? Are there any RAW rules on which modifier wins out and in which circumstances?

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by JMD

If I attack an unliving creature with a piercing weapon, my wounding modifier is reduced to x.33 (B378). However, if I were to attack their brain, would my wounding modifier remain .33 or would it go up to x4?

Increases to x4, unless they have No Brain.

Originally Posted by JMD

Also, if the skull rule wins out, what do we make of creatures with no brain, such as homogeneous types?

No Brain overrides, so you use the general body wounding modifier.

[JMD]

Originally Posted by Anthony

Increases to x4, unless they have No Brain.

No Brain overrides, so you use the general body wounding modifier.

Makes sense. Homogeneous and Diffuse include "No Brain" and unliving doesn't.

[JMD]

I would assume that homogenous creature types would not get the extra DR 2 for skull since they don't actually have a skull, right?

[Leynok]

I don't think there is any special ruling there.
Not having the DR from your skull is a 0 point feature though, so GM call there possibly.