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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GMMichael" data-source="post: 8212963" data-attributes="member: 6685730">When you make a judgment on how lethal a weapon is, and then express that judgment in terms of dice, something interesting happens: you can compare how lethal a weapon is in terms of how lethal another weapon is.In the titular example, chopping someone with a great axe is just as damaging to the human body (psyche?) as stabbing that someone 2.5 times with a dagger.  (These particular numbers are based on my system of tiny weapons using a d4, and two-handed weapons using a d10).  According to the Gallagher test, a watermelon agrees with the above findings.  But is it fair to treat humans and watermelons the same?  What about a steel-backed dire turtle?In my games, the 2.5x difference only applies in combat (mode), and relies on the logic that says a machine gun will kill someone much faster than a pistol will.  It's a sort of life-expectancy statement, but it's also a nod toward Damage-as-Meat; just ask the watermelon.How many dagger stabs equal a great axe chop in your game?  Do you treat humans and watermelons the same?</blockquote>