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<blockquote data-quote="Edena_of_Neith" data-source="post: 310139" data-attributes="member: 2020">The Death of BoromirIt still hurts, even THIS far out, when I watch Boromir die in that film.&nbsp; It is very unpleasant.&nbsp; It is very sad.&nbsp; It whelms the actual book, in terms of power of feeling (no offense to Tolkien intended, folks.)&nbsp; - - -&nbsp; It is my opinion that Boromir was a high level fighter.&nbsp; Not Epic, but pretty class.&nbsp; Boromir also had some ranger levels, in my opinion.&nbsp; But that first arrow that hit Boromir, was a lethal hit.&nbsp; There was no way Boromir could have hoped to have survived that first hit - even had he been rushed to a modern hospital at once, with a full emergency room and a crew of surgeons, he might not have survived.&nbsp; The blow was a Critical Hit, and it punctured Boromir's lung (if you look at where it hit.)&nbsp; Boromir was in a situation where he still had Hit Points, per se, but they were RAPIDLY dwindling (as in, 10 to 20 points per round automatically lost, with no hope of stopping the loss.)&nbsp; In more Real Life terms, Boromir went into Battle Shock.&nbsp; In battle, warriors are known to have been able to continue fighting, long after they sustained mortal wounds - and, for that matter, wounds that should have immediately incapacitated them, like hits to the heart, liver, kidneys, or major arteries.&nbsp; Whether it was shock or something else, those warriors fought on, long after they should have gone down.&nbsp; I guess that, in 3rd edition terms, Boromir had the ability to keep fighting normally, even when he should have been Stunned (or worse.)&nbsp; And I am guessing that Boromir had the Feat that allows one to keep fighting to - 15 hit points, able to fully function at negative hit points when one should be dying instead.&nbsp; The second hit, from those giant war arrows from the long bow, hit Boromir in the stomach.&nbsp; Again, it was a Critical Hit, with the appropriate consequences (and the loss of Hit Points doubled.)&nbsp; The final hit was a direct hit to Boromir's heart.&nbsp; A double 20 Critical, as it were - an Instant Kill Critical.&nbsp; Even Boromir, for all his Feats, could no longer fight ... yet his indomitable spirit kept him alive a little longer ... long enough for his final words to Aragorn.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Edena_of_Neith, post: 310139, member: 2020"] [b]The Death of Boromir[/b] It still hurts, even THIS far out, when I watch Boromir die in that film. It is very unpleasant. It is very sad. It whelms the actual book, in terms of power of feeling (no offense to Tolkien intended, folks.) - - - It is my opinion that Boromir was a high level fighter. Not Epic, but pretty class. Boromir also had some ranger levels, in my opinion. But that first arrow that hit Boromir, was a lethal hit. There was no way Boromir could have hoped to have survived that first hit - even had he been rushed to a modern hospital at once, with a full emergency room and a crew of surgeons, he might not have survived. The blow was a Critical Hit, and it punctured Boromir's lung (if you look at where it hit.) Boromir was in a situation where he still had Hit Points, per se, but they were RAPIDLY dwindling (as in, 10 to 20 points per round automatically lost, with no hope of stopping the loss.) In more Real Life terms, Boromir went into Battle Shock. In battle, warriors are known to have been able to continue fighting, long after they sustained mortal wounds - and, for that matter, wounds that should have immediately incapacitated them, like hits to the heart, liver, kidneys, or major arteries. Whether it was shock or something else, those warriors fought on, long after they should have gone down. I guess that, in 3rd edition terms, Boromir had the ability to keep fighting normally, even when he should have been Stunned (or worse.) And I am guessing that Boromir had the Feat that allows one to keep fighting to - 15 hit points, able to fully function at negative hit points when one should be dying instead. The second hit, from those giant war arrows from the long bow, hit Boromir in the stomach. Again, it was a Critical Hit, with the appropriate consequences (and the loss of Hit Points doubled.) The final hit was a direct hit to Boromir's heart. A double 20 Critical, as it were - an Instant Kill Critical. Even Boromir, for all his Feats, could no longer fight ... yet his indomitable spirit kept him alive a little longer ... long enough for his final words to Aragorn. [/QUOTE]

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