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<blockquote data-quote="Zhnov" data-source="post: 976837" data-attributes="member: 12424">Celtavian,I'm somewhat leery of the d6 roll on your vorpal chart... if you insist on using a chart, I'd recommend just a few points:- I'd recommend changing the order of the target areas, starting with (typical) average relative proximity to the vorpal blade bearer: hard, arm, head, torso, leg, foot.- You should give different numerical possibilities of each happening, perhaps d12:1-3 hand4-6 arm7-8 head9-0 torso11 leg12 footPerhaps oversimple for the 20 seconds of thinking I put into it, but I hope you read my concept. I played with something similar to what you are attempting for both 1E and 2E, gave up on it for 3E (instead going for a modified Crit and Called Shot system).Not sure I understand your direction on the effect of losing a hand or arm. Do you wish to take into account which arm might have been lost (primary or off-hand)? Your description almost appears to assume use of a martial weapon and shield by the target.I must admit that overall, I'm not keen <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" /> on vorpal weapons, instead treating vorpal weapons as DoubleKeen... giving the effect of Keen, plus an incremented critical damage multiplier.&nbsp; Yeah, vorpal weapons as written give color to the game, but then again, I make a strong attempt to give my players dramatic descriptions of ongoing combat, including gloriously gory details of killing blows used against their opponents.OP</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zhnov, post: 976837, member: 12424"] Celtavian, I'm somewhat leery of the d6 roll on your vorpal chart... if you insist on using a chart, I'd recommend just a few points: - I'd recommend changing the order of the target areas, starting with (typical) average relative proximity to the vorpal blade bearer: hard, arm, head, torso, leg, foot. - You should give different numerical possibilities of each happening, perhaps d12: 1-3 hand 4-6 arm 7-8 head 9-0 torso 11 leg 12 foot Perhaps oversimple for the 20 seconds of thinking I put into it, but I hope you read my concept. I played with something similar to what you are attempting for both 1E and 2E, gave up on it for 3E (instead going for a modified Crit and Called Shot system). Not sure I understand your direction on the effect of losing a hand or arm. Do you wish to take into account which arm might have been lost (primary or off-hand)? Your description almost appears to assume use of a martial weapon and shield by the target. I must admit that overall, I'm not keen :D on vorpal weapons, instead treating vorpal weapons as [I]DoubleKeen[/I]... giving the effect of Keen, plus an incremented critical damage multiplier. Yeah, vorpal weapons as written give color to the game, but then again, I make a strong attempt to give my players dramatic descriptions of ongoing combat, including gloriously gory details of killing blows used against their opponents. OP [/QUOTE]

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