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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 1109442" data-attributes="member: 177">And if it slides all at once in an active situation (which seens reasonably likely if the vampire leads a lifestyle violent enough to require this protection), well, he'll feel a lot of pain and won't be able to bend at the waist all of a sudden.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Perhaps it's also important to note that putting a stake into a V:tM character's heart doesn't kill them.&nbsp; It puts them into a torpor.&nbsp; So staking isn't a method of killing, but of incapacitating the character.&nbsp; A method that requires either his cooperation (&quot;Now stand still.&nbsp; You're going to feel a litte pressure and a slight sting.&quot;), or requires the assailant beat the character nearly to death before you use it.If you're going to be near death when someone tries this, do you really want to make them work harder to do it?&nbsp; (&quot;Gosh darn it! Wham! Blasted thing... Wham!... won't go in!&nbsp; Wham!&quot;)&nbsp;&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=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 1109442, member: 177"] And if it slides all at once in an active situation (which seens reasonably likely if the vampire leads a lifestyle violent enough to require this protection), well, he'll feel a lot of pain and won't be able to bend at the waist all of a sudden. :D Perhaps it's also important to note that putting a stake into a V:tM character's heart [i]doesn't kill them[/i]. It puts them into a torpor. So staking isn't a method of killing, but of incapacitating the character. A method that requires either his cooperation ("Now stand still. You're going to feel a litte pressure and a slight sting."), or requires the assailant beat the character nearly to death before you use it. If you're going to be near death when someone tries this, do you really want to make them work harder to do it? ("Gosh darn it! [i]Wham![/i] Blasted thing... [i]Wham![/i]... won't go in! [i]Wham![/i]") :) [/QUOTE]

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