Re: AG:crit weapons

From: dsaville@unm.edu (David G. Saville)

Date: Sun, 09 Jul 1995 00:00:00 +0000

In article <thorron.91.00093EF7@inforamp.net>,
Throrron T <thorron@inforamp.net> wrote:
>
>>Do you have any idea of other weapon's death blow areas?  I would like to
>>know the warhammerand mace <Likely the same areas I would guess>,
>>buckler, and battle axe.  Like I said, my characters have never done a
>>death blow and would just like to know what someday I might expect.
>
>All weapons have the same chance to crit..have seen crits from punch daggers
>to halberds

Crits and deathblows are different animals.  True, a crit does
significantly more damage than a normal blow, but they can be survived.
Deathblows, on the other hand, are always fatal despite the
character's health and armor.  Crits can occur to any part of the
body; deathblow locations are wpn specific.  Deathblows can be
recognized by obvious statements like:

Sharpshooter's battle axe digs deep into Maug's chest, chopping
through the plate mail armor to silence Maug's heart.
Maug could very well be dead.

Others that I know of are fists (and gauntlets?) drive the victems
nose into the brain.  Perhaps we should assempble a list?  I will keep
track of any deathblow areas sent to me and post the list at a
later date.  So far, I have:

flail:  head
battle axe:  chest
fist:  head
gauntlet:  head

I plan to keep the list general to head, chest, etc since
planning a wpn for a character's height only needs these.  Please
add any that you know and definitely tell me if you can contradict
any of this (ie see a flail shatter a femur).  If the netters would
like and supply the info, I will keep track of the specific
statement.

Dave

References

Re: AG: Grumble...New monster...
dsaville@unm.edu (David G. Saville)
Thu, 06 Jul 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: AG:crit weapons
thorron@inforamp.net (Throrron T)
Sun, 09 Jul 1995 00:00:00 +0000
AG: Grumble...New monster...
sean <sean@alpha2.csd.uwm.edu>
Sat, 01 Jul 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: AG: Grumble...New monster...
lepag001@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Garrett R Le-Page)
Thu, 06 Jul 1995 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Re: AG: Grumble...New monster...
dsaville@unm.edu (David G. Saville)
Thu, 06 Jul 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: AG:crit weapons
thorron@inforamp.net (Throrron T)
Sun, 09 Jul 1995 00:00:00 +0000
AG: Grumble...New monster...
sean <sean@alpha2.csd.uwm.edu>
Sat, 01 Jul 1995 00:00:00 +0000
Re: AG: Grumble...New monster...
lepag001@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Garrett R Le-Page)
Thu, 06 Jul 1995 00:00:00 +0000