Knock outs

[Wout Broere]

At 01:23 AM 11/9/98 +0500, you wrote:
>     Ok.  You see it in movies..shows..all the time the guy gives a good
>slap/punch to the face and the guy is out.  Well in rpgs this doesn't always
>'work' :).  So how do you guys deal with the knock out blow if that's
intended?

The standard p&p rules for Hand-to-Hand Subdual combat do the trick most of
the time. Take a good HtH fighter, reasonable strength, and let him score a
good (severe) hit on a target. Chances are the target is down and out.

There is always the chance you miss, or the target fails to hit the ground,
but those are the risks of roleplaying. If the character can't handle that,
he should go join the movies. Then there is always a 'take two'.

Ft