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<blockquote data-quote="JPL" data-source="post: 634915" data-attributes="member: 1964">Oh, Mistwell's just an argumentative shyster, that's all.&nbsp; I'm familiar with the type.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; But I did, in fact, GM a d20 game a few weeks ago which had lots of fisticuffs, and I'd just like to tweak something so KOs are more frequent --- for dramatic purposes, it's handy to be able to take out a PC but leave them with plenty of HPs for the next fight.In my Victorian pulp game, I had a giant Scottsman pummeling two of the heroes at once.&nbsp; Despite an 18 Strength and Melee Smash, I just couldn't get a KO --- those PCs had high Constitutions.Finally, I was inspired.&nbsp; The game was set in Hong Kong and the jungles of Indochina...so suddenly in mid-fight, Angus the kilted Highlander suddenly fell into a Seven Dragons Stance and started fighting with the Combat Martial Arts.&nbsp; He was a giant redheaded Shaolin warrior.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JPL, post: 634915, member: 1964"] Oh, Mistwell's just an argumentative shyster, that's all. I'm familiar with the type. :) But I did, in fact, GM a d20 game a few weeks ago which had lots of fisticuffs, and I'd just like to tweak something so KOs are more frequent --- for dramatic purposes, it's handy to be able to take out a PC but leave them with plenty of HPs for the next fight. In my Victorian pulp game, I had a giant Scottsman pummeling two of the heroes at once. Despite an 18 Strength and Melee Smash, I just couldn't get a KO --- those PCs had high Constitutions. Finally, I was inspired. The game was set in Hong Kong and the jungles of Indochina...so suddenly in mid-fight, Angus the kilted Highlander suddenly fell into a Seven Dragons Stance and started fighting with the Combat Martial Arts. He was a giant redheaded Shaolin warrior. [/QUOTE]

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