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<blockquote data-quote="AlViking" data-source="post: 9892636" data-attributes="member: 6906980">Dustin Theoharis was shot 16 times by police in 2012 and miraculously survived. Which is pretty amazing because it was all direct hits, which isn't necessarily what getting &quot;hit&quot; in D&amp;D.&nbsp; On the other hand plenty of people die from a single bullet, it just depends on where you're hit and how it bounces around in the body.Hollywood has led us to believe a lot of myths.&nbsp; That there is such a thing as a &quot;mere flesh wound&quot; that's something other than a graze, if the bullet goes all the way through it's not really that bad, that getting shot in the shoulder typically just requires a bandage.&nbsp; One of my favorites is that once you get the bullet out, pretty much all damage is healed - in reality they often leave the bullet because it's been sterilized by the heat of firing and removing it often causes more damage than just leaving it alone.As far as lethality, getting your head chopped off by a greataxe is going to be as lethal as anything.&nbsp; PCs can survive multiple &quot;hits&quot; because they know how to deflect, interpose a shield or dodge out of the way.&nbsp; The hill giant's club doesn't hit them full force, the PCs avoid most of the damage by turning the hits into glancing blows until they don't.&nbsp; That and add in a heavy dose of action movie hero logic.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AlViking, post: 9892636, member: 6906980"] Dustin Theoharis was shot 16 times by police in 2012 and miraculously survived. Which is pretty amazing because it was all direct hits, which isn't necessarily what getting "hit" in D&D. On the other hand plenty of people die from a single bullet, it just depends on where you're hit and how it bounces around in the body. Hollywood has led us to believe a lot of myths. That there is such a thing as a "mere flesh wound" that's something other than a graze, if the bullet goes all the way through it's not really that bad, that getting shot in the shoulder typically just requires a bandage. One of my favorites is that once you get the bullet out, pretty much all damage is healed - in reality they often leave the bullet because it's been sterilized by the heat of firing and removing it often causes more damage than just leaving it alone. As far as lethality, getting your head chopped off by a greataxe is going to be as lethal as anything. PCs can survive multiple "hits" because they know how to deflect, interpose a shield or dodge out of the way. The hill giant's club doesn't hit them full force, the PCs avoid most of the damage by turning the hits into glancing blows until they don't. That and add in a heavy dose of action movie hero logic. [/QUOTE]

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