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Message: <blockquote data-quote="humble minion" data-source="post: 8596482" data-attributes="member: 5948">The Buffy RPG had a stake-through-the-heart mechanic, which was a bit similar in concept.  It was basically a regular HP system, but you could perform a stake attack.  If you hit against an appropriate target, you calculated whether 5 times the regular damage of the attack was greater than the target's remaining HP.  If so, then the target died instantly.  If not, it took regular damage (stake-to-the-bicep is a bit less effective, presumably...)I think there were circumstances you couldn't use the stake attack, and maybe disadvantages to doing so, which prevented you just spamming it all the time, but i kinda forget the details.</blockquote>