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<blockquote data-quote="newt_42itus" data-source="post: 3579564" data-attributes="member: 52813">combat...cutthroat's Sudden Death systemAlso for those interested, here's a quick breakdown of how Cutthroat's sudden death system worked worked:when a character hits his opponent (successful skill check with weapon used vs opponent's evasion rating), the target needs to make a damage resistance check (armor+resilience) check vs damage rating of weapon (affected by level of success of attack). If the check failed the target is killed (or incapacitated) outright. If the check suceeds, they are simply wounded (receives a &quot;wound&quot;). The more wounds accumulated the more likely death/incapacitation will occur (each wound applies a penalty to damage resistance checks as well as other checks). But since the're always a chance of sucess or failure on any given check, the was no limit to how many wounds a character could get before they fell (theoretically). There's more variables, but thats the gist of it. Luck only play a part in that a target can spend luck points to succeed checks if the want to avoid death. I never used luck as it was an option rule for people that wanted more control over their character's fates. can't remember how initiative was handle though...s'been a while.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="newt_42itus, post: 3579564, member: 52813"] [b]combat...cutthroat's Sudden Death system[/b] Also for those interested, here's a quick breakdown of how Cutthroat's sudden death system worked worked: when a character hits his opponent (successful skill check with weapon used vs opponent's evasion rating), the target needs to make a damage resistance check (armor+resilience) check vs damage rating of weapon (affected by level of success of attack). If the check failed the target is killed (or incapacitated) outright. If the check suceeds, they are simply wounded (receives a "wound"). The more wounds accumulated the more likely death/incapacitation will occur (each wound applies a penalty to damage resistance checks as well as other checks). But since the're always a chance of sucess or failure on any given check, the was no limit to how many wounds a character could get before they fell (theoretically). There's more variables, but thats the gist of it. Luck only play a part in that a target can spend luck points to succeed checks if the want to avoid death. I never used luck as it was an option rule for people that wanted more control over their character's fates. can't remember how initiative was handle though...s'been a while. [/QUOTE]

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