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Message: <blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 2287036" data-attributes="member: 1210">Dude, if he dropped the body part damage house rule on you outta nowhere, and you told him it was fair as long as you get to use it too, your dm really doesn't have a lot of wiggle room (imho).Now, you might want to ask the dm this same question.  Explain that you don't want to ruin his fun, but that if the bad guys can do it to you, and you can do it to them, you will.  Understand that means they will too, and discuss with the dm whether the house rules increase or decrease the fun for everyone- you, him and the other players as well.Does he want every enemy spellcaster rendered useless with a magic missile to the hand?Do you want to be rendered useless every fight by such a wound?Is there any reason at all not to try to take out certain body parts? And is it very fun?I'm guessing, ultimately, that you'll all agree it's better to drop the HR or shift to some kind of 'crits cause special effects' HR instead.  (This is assuming your group is reasonable about talking these kinds of things out.)</blockquote>