Humor: Other People's Arms as Weapons?

[Thorvald Kviksverd]

RUNE has an entry, and extensive rules, for using your foe's severed arm as a weapon to beat him to death.

If it's something you want to encourage in your campaign, the trick is probably to have a mechanic that will leave him alive long enough to beat him to death

3e doesn't have a mechanic for a called shot (does it?), so maybe the PC should declare it (no multiple attacks) and receive a -4 attack penalty or some such; maximum damage is equal to half of the foe's current HPs; if at least this much is done in one blow, the targeted limb is severed.

After that, I'd probably be generous and treat it as a club that lasts for one combat.

 

[dkilgo]

Mongoose Publishing has published rules for "Called Shot", but I totally disreguard them.

On the other hand, could you wield two severed arms as if wieding two weapons?

 

[Anabstercorian]

I don't see why not, though it would be awkward. You'd have to use the hand as a handle and beat them with the shoulders.