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<blockquote data-quote="Wik" data-source="post: 5503576" data-attributes="member: 40177">Of course, hangings often lead to death by strangulation, as opposed to a neck snap.&nbsp; There are a lot of factors that play into it... there's a reason it isn't used that much anymore.&nbsp; As for the more important &quot;rule of cool&quot; - I'd generally say that if it's something that would require a mythbusters episode to prove wrong, it's probably something that should be able to happen in a game.&nbsp; PCs should be able to blow up cars by shooting the gasoline pooled underneath it.&nbsp; They should be able to sever ropes with bullets, a la The Man With No Name.&nbsp; And so on.The alternative tends to lead towards PCs being less impressive than real life events.&nbsp; Because many of those great, legendary stories that actually happened in real life are things that should, by all accounts, be impossible.&nbsp; And PCs should be accomplishing those &quot;nearly impossible&quot; feats, even if their odds of success are slim... because the alternative is PCs that are, ultimately, capable of less than the players themselves.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wik, post: 5503576, member: 40177"] Of course, hangings often lead to death by strangulation, as opposed to a neck snap. There are a lot of factors that play into it... there's a reason it isn't used that much anymore. As for the more important "rule of cool" - I'd generally say that if it's something that would require a mythbusters episode to prove wrong, it's probably something that should be able to happen in a game. PCs should be able to blow up cars by shooting the gasoline pooled underneath it. They should be able to sever ropes with bullets, a la The Man With No Name. And so on. The alternative tends to lead towards PCs being less impressive than real life events. Because many of those great, legendary stories that actually happened in real life are things that should, by all accounts, be impossible. And PCs should be accomplishing those "nearly impossible" feats, even if their odds of success are slim... because the alternative is PCs that are, ultimately, capable of less than the players themselves. [/QUOTE]

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