[PnP] called shots

[Julian Draven]

I see no reason why a severe or deadly hit could not be adjudicated by the GM as a "called shot"

Instead of cutting off the head with that deadly hit you could sever the hand holding the Ultra Evil Artifact. 

On Jul 22, 2014, at 11:31 AM, Allan Samuelson <allan.samuelson at gmail.com> wrote:

> In combat the assumption is you're trying for deadly hits like a strike to the neck. Those are called Deadly hits. If you introduce a mechanic that allows a character to ignore the normal combat results table, you significantly change the system.
> 
> Remind your players, that is there is a rule they can use, so can their foes.
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 5:20 AM, Melkor <mttdicor7 at inbox.com> wrote:
>> Yes but i can't just say to my players "you are not allowed to act like that" so i must devise a method
>> 
>> > -----Original Message-----
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>> > Subject: Re: [PnP] called shots
>> >
>> > Since P&P just has "overall hits" I never allowed called shots (Unlike
>> > Gurps or Runequest, which has location effects)
>> >
>> > On Jul 22, 2014, at 5:35 AM, Melkor wrote:
>> >
>> >> How do you handle called shots in P&P?
>> >>
>> >> one of my players tried to cut off the head of the big serpent he was
>> >> fighting with.
>> >>
>> >> If he had succedeed, he would have defeated the creature (48 hpv, CDF 6,
>> >> OCV 10) in one instant so i feel i SHOULD give a big malus to his "to
>> >> hit" chances.
>> >>
>> >> i thought about a +20 or something like that on the combat table...what
>> >> do you think?
>> >> there are not rules for this in the official books.
>> >>
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