[TML] Which combat system do you prefer?

[Richard Aiken]

On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 8:29 PM, Anthony Jackson <ajackson at iii.com> wrote:
> Richard Aiken wrote:
>
>>  and for that
>>> matter "lethal".
>>
>> Lethal = Kills him dead.
>
> Okay, then an average hit to the vitals from a heavy pistol should not
> be lethal by that definition. An average hit to the _brain_ from a heavy
> pistol should be lethal, but while a shot to the vitals with a pistol
> has a good chance of being eventually lethal, the odds of prompt
> lethality are not good.

That's where the saving throw comes in.  If this is successful, the
victime only dies if he doesn't get prompt medical treatment.  If it
is not successful, this means that the round hit just right (or,
rather, just wrong) and he dies right then.  In the case of a brain
hit, he doesn't get a saving throw at all.  He just dies.

Or - at least - that's how I see it.

-- 
Richard Aiken

"Never insult anyone by accident." Robert A. Heinlein