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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kigmatzomat" data-source="post: 1354012" data-attributes="member: 9254">First, DnD has no rules, other than vorpal, for limb loss.  There's no set mechanic for stabbing out eyes, cutting off fingers, or severing a limb.  Matter of fact, DnD has completely abstracted everything.  If you want to sever the leg of a skeleton with raw damage feel free, but that's a house rule.  Second, You missed the part where I covered that: Undead have "parts" but they are held together and operated by magic forces, hence the parts are irrelevant as long as they are present.</blockquote>What you're trying to say is that cutting halfway through the golems leg has the same effect as cutting a small portion of the way through it's body. I don't think that's true.[/quote]Nope, you're misunderstanding me.  I never said to cut halfway through the golem's leg; I said make an attack comparable to severing a foes achilles tendon. The achilles tendon runs along the back of the leg down to the ankle.  Cutting it can be done with a cut less than 1" deep and 2" across.  Doing so causes the foot to become useless, almost immobilizing the target.  As such it is a perfect example to me of a sneak attack as it is an incredible amount of "damage" for such a small wound.  Again, that's a house rule.  Matter of fact, it's also circular.  "I can inflict a critical hit because I can cut its leg off and I can cut its leg off with a critical hit."[/QUOTE]