A Five Foot Vorpal Sword vs A Ten Foot Neck

[cmrscorpio]

I'd just like to point out that the head need not be completely severed from the torso in order for a decapitation to occur. In fact, there need not be any visible cut whatsoever.

Internal decapitation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ya know, suddenly, a Phasing Vorpal Handaxe or Drow Long Knife sounds like a pretty freaking cool weapon.

 

[StreamOfTheSky]

The diagonal cut tv trope doesn't even mention Shinobi (PS2), the game I was thinking of when I said that. The entire game's combat system revolves around you trying to slash through hordes of enemies in quick succession so that you can do a cool pose or sword sheathe with a few badass words before all the enemies simultaneously fall apart with perfectly clean diagonal cuts.
[sblock]You have a vampiric sword that drains your life if you don't constantly feed it others' lives; executing that animation, called "Tate," completely satiates its bloodthirst for a short while and makes progressing through the level much less difficult.[/sblock]

EDIT: Failed a spot check.

 

[Dausuul]

I just measured a normal-sized mini against the neck of my Colossal Red Dragon. The neck appears to be about 6 feet thick at the narrowest point. So, it would take at most a double slash from a vorpal sword, for the biggest dragon in the game. All my other minis would be easily vorpable with one cut.

 

[Holy Bovine]

Yes! Magical weapon versus magical creature means something *mAgicaL* must happen!

That said, however, on a failed Reflex roll the PC takes 20d6 damage when the head falls on him.

I am in awe for your tenacity to write 'magical' like that. I want to put it in my sig to have it forever.

 

[TarionzCousin]

I am in awe for your tenacity to write 'magical' like that. I want to put it in my sig to have it forever.

*mAgicaL* <--- Testing

Holy Bovine, if you switch the editor mode (Uppermost right button that has a down arrow and an "A") you can copy and paste the colors without having to format each letter.


A more detailed process:

• Highlight the colorful text.
• Hold down the buttons "CTRL" and "C" at the same time (or copy any way you know how).
• Go to edit your signature.
• Switch the Editor Mode
• Hold down the buttons "CTRL" and "V" at the same time (or paste another way).