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<blockquote data-quote="Chromnos" data-source="post: 311162" data-attributes="member: 5696">Reality is stranger than fantasy-In reality many people have survived from being stabbed dozens of times in the chest. In truth, not every hit the chest will be vital. Arrows do more damage going out than coming in. Arrows lodged in the lungs will cause internal bleeding but as long as the puncture remains sealed, the lung retains integrity and the wounded person may keep breathing.Even if the heart were punctured, it could continue to beat for many minutes or even hours after the puncture occured.This happens, in combat, on occasion. In Mogadishu, a Ranger was struck by an RPG round. The RPG lodged in his chest cavity but didn't go off. It had entered under his right arm-pit and it's tip pushed all the way through until it came out of his chest on the far side. Lungs, heart, everything was subject to severe trauma from the force of impact, the high heat of the round entering the chest (It happened at night and eye-witnesses reported they could see the round glowing through his skin), and the fact that vital organs were pierced.&nbsp; Regardless, the soldier retained vital signs for many hours. Combat doctors, being unable to help the poor guy, labled him as expectant and left him to die while expending their energy on others they could save.In game terms, to take a good number of arrow hits, all one has to have are crazy hit points. Boromir was a high level fighter. That makes it all nice and easy.The Ranger- now there's one I'd like to see explained in game terms.-C</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chromnos, post: 311162, member: 5696"] Reality is stranger than fantasy- In reality many people have survived from being stabbed dozens of times in the chest. In truth, not every hit the chest will be vital. Arrows do more damage going out than coming in. Arrows lodged in the lungs will cause internal bleeding but as long as the puncture remains sealed, the lung retains integrity and the wounded person may keep breathing. Even if the heart were punctured, it could continue to beat for many minutes or even hours after the puncture occured. This happens, in combat, on occasion. In Mogadishu, a Ranger was struck by an RPG round. The RPG lodged in his chest cavity but didn't go off. It had entered under his right arm-pit and it's tip pushed all the way through until it came out of his chest on the far side. Lungs, heart, everything was subject to severe trauma from the force of impact, the high heat of the round entering the chest (It happened at night and eye-witnesses reported they could see the round glowing through his skin), and the fact that vital organs were pierced. Regardless, the soldier retained vital signs for many hours. Combat doctors, being unable to help the poor guy, labled him as expectant and left him to die while expending their energy on others they could save. In game terms, to take a good number of arrow hits, all one has to have are crazy hit points. Boromir was a high level fighter. That makes it all nice and easy. The Ranger- now there's one I'd like to see explained in game terms. -C [/QUOTE]

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