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"Called shots" within the rules -- breaking a leg
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<blockquote data-quote="MiB" data-source="post: 1374319" data-attributes="member: 16435"><p><strong>Breaking, legs or rules</strong></p><p></p><p>That's indeed an interesting question, especially once you have decided how legs can be broken (regardless of what rule you come up with it, it should somehow be possible). Then you have to decide what the exact effect of it is (no movment? 5' move what's the effect of pain and shock) and how it can be healed (just cure hp damage with cure spells? Heal skill? Regenerate spell? Lesser Restorarion?.</p><p></p><p>D&D just doesn't seem to be made for this kind of injuries. The closest thing in the rules that I can recall is the "crippling strike" feat that allows you to reduce a targets move rating with sneak attacks.</p><p></p><p>I also used a limited version in a trap once. I had decided that the trap was supposed to break or strain ankles, so it caused only minor damage, but left the target with halved movement rate until cure by at least a cure moderate wound spell (I decided that a strained ankle constitutes more than a light wound, and thus such a spell would not restore movement)</p><p></p><p>But still, that's a house rule.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MiB, post: 1374319, member: 16435"] [b]Breaking, legs or rules[/b] That's indeed an interesting question, especially once you have decided how legs can be broken (regardless of what rule you come up with it, it should somehow be possible). Then you have to decide what the exact effect of it is (no movment? 5' move what's the effect of pain and shock) and how it can be healed (just cure hp damage with cure spells? Heal skill? Regenerate spell? Lesser Restorarion?. D&D just doesn't seem to be made for this kind of injuries. The closest thing in the rules that I can recall is the "crippling strike" feat that allows you to reduce a targets move rating with sneak attacks. I also used a limited version in a trap once. I had decided that the trap was supposed to break or strain ankles, so it caused only minor damage, but left the target with halved movement rate until cure by at least a cure moderate wound spell (I decided that a strained ankle constitutes more than a light wound, and thus such a spell would not restore movement) But still, that's a house rule. [/QUOTE]
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