Modifying rules for a chainsaw.

[Urizen]

I'm thinking of modifying the chainsaw a little bit. I just don't like it as it stands.

Chain saw 3d6 19-20 Slashing — Large 10 lb. 9

Special:
A successful strike with a chainsaw allows the wielder to make a free grapple check. If the grapple succeeds,the chainsaw has "bit" into the person and will do an additional 1d10 damage for each round the grapple is maintained.

 

[ValhallaGH]

3d6+ 1.5 Str + Melee Smash + Power Attack wasn't a deadly enough melee weapon?
6d6+ 3x Str + 2x Melee Smash + 2x Power Attack wasn't a deadly enough critical?

... Did all your players see my Toughest Man Alive build and decide to copy it?

 

[Urizen]

AHH, but a grapple is a perfect way to reflect a chainsaw attack.

Chainsaws bite into something and cut through it. It's not always about the numbers.

And erm.. no, I've never seen your Toughest man alive build.

 

[ValhallaGH]

The key point, here, of TMA is that he has a MDT of 41 (six Improved Damage Threshold feats). He's all but invulnerable to bullets and chainsaws, not that he acts like it; his hp will run out, leaving him in a very pathetic state.

It's the toughest playable character I could make using the d20 Modern ruleset.

 

[Urizen]

Holy crap!

 

[HeapThaumaturgist]

Well, if you're going for a movie chainsaw, I suppose.

Chainsaws don't stick to things or bite into them. Chainsaws tear small pieces away ... rather fast. The natural inclination of the chainsaw, in fact, is to LEAVE the thing it is being used on. An unanchored chainsaw will just ... run along like a thin little tank tread, ripping a little when it gets stuck. That's why they're pretty dangerous to use, since it doesn't WANT to focus its energy and the user is forcing it where he wants it.

Chainsaws are one of those vicerally dangerous-feeling things because they're so messy and loud and effective. It's pretty much the direct application of the internal combustion engine to destruction.

--fje

 

[Roudi]

I think this chainsaw has a very horror-movie feel to it. Thumbs-up.

 

[Urizen]

Well, if you're going for a movie chainsaw, I suppose.

Chainsaws don't stick to things or bite into them. Chainsaws tear small pieces away ... rather fast. The natural inclination of the chainsaw, in fact, is to LEAVE the thing it is being used on. An unanchored chainsaw will just ... run along like a thin little tank tread, ripping a little when it gets stuck. That's why they're pretty dangerous to use, since it doesn't WANT to focus its energy and the user is forcing it where he wants it.

Chainsaws are one of those vicerally dangerous-feeling things because they're so messy and loud and effective. It's pretty much the direct application of the internal combustion engine to destruction.

--fje

Ya know, I never really thought about it in that way. Thanks for the insights.

I still kinda think a grapple check would be cool, to sort of reflect the way in the movies people tend to get "paralyzed" as the psycho rips into them.

Maybe I'm just in a dark, halloweenish sicko mood.