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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sejs" data-source="post: 1694209" data-attributes="member: 4910">I'm gonna disagree with you there.  The character is voluntarily letting someone run a blade across their face and neck, trusting them to give them a shave rather than... you know, open them up like butchered hog.  The only real difference between the shaving and the throat slitting is angle of the blade, some pressure and intent.The PC is letting the blade be put to his throat, trusting the person using it to groom him rather than kill him.  He is choosing to put himself in a situation where he's helpless.  Helplessness/qualification for CDG doesn't have to be inflicted by an external agency; it can just as easy be a decision by the person to not defend themselves in any way.The only difficulty I have is that CDG is a full round action, and basically the throat-slitting would be a supprise-round kinda deal.  It would work if the slitter in question had the feat from S&F that lets you CDG as a standard action rather than a full-round.  Death Blow, I think it's called - not quite positive on the name.  In any case, you could do that, or you could use the assassin's death attack feature if the baddie had levels in a class that granted it.</blockquote>