Do you allow called shots or any special critical hit rules in your games? How do they play out?
>>43440052
Yes, I play GURPS, there's rules for that.
Don't do it unless the system calls for it.
If the system wanted critical hits, it would be built into it.
>>43440052
>Do you allow called shots or any special critical hit rules in your games? How do they play out?
With any new group, within the first two sessions (especially if there are new players to the hobby in general), this conversation with me will inevitably happen
>Hey, can I like, chop his arm off, make him drop his sword?
>Me: I'll make you the same offer that I make every other group. I will allow you to target body parts and chop them off for various penalties and disfigurements. However, I will extend the same courtesy to your enemies
>. . .uh, I changed my mind. I just attack like normal
I'm waiting patiently for the day I find a group that will take me up on that.
DM banned it after someone got retardedly broken with a man catcher and continued called shots to the neck.
>>43440257
People always called shots to the neck anyways. It was pointless.
>>43440268
Literally never seen someone do a called shot to the neck.
>>43440052
Gave up on called shots to specific systems in the mecha game I'm building when I reduced the number of systems from 5 to 3.
>>43440052
Called abortion, you mean. I wonder how much gold Cloud gave that mob to do it.
>>43440239
Please don't remind me of Captain N character designs, they deeply sadden me.
>>43440306
> mob
Get the fuck out
I had been GM for wild west rpg and they roll for hit location. One of the kid happen to shot the bad guy's family jewel...
>>43440285
I've seen melee fuckers do that shit all the time. All they want to do is decapitate dudes.
>>43440302
Care to elaborate on how that works?
>Playing Shadowrun
>Discover mono filament bola
>Called shots to the neck all day every day
One of the most fun characters I've played.
>>43440473
You can lose a ball or two and still get it up. Sure you can't have kids but it's just a game, mang
>>43440506
And yet you probably have no problem with spell casters with save or die or no save spells judging by your tone
>>43440306
Could would not like abortion. He's practically the poster child for /pol/
>>43440575
Isn't that Rufus?
>>43440565
What? How'd you get that from my tone?
All I'm saying is that I've seen a crapton of martials describe how they decapitate people with flair. If given the choice to aim for their neck, they would do it without hesitation.
I'm not saying that you should let people guarantee kills by calling shots to the neck, etc, if that's what you're thinking.
Depends. Depends on where and when. If its some climactic showdown and they wanna get flashy or something then yeah. If its just gonna be groin kicks depending on how they roll and i feel it either is a no or they succeed and kick hard enough to permanently rip a tendon in their foot which is gonna be a problem and a life lesson. Only time i've actually had to flat out say no was when a barb was in a bar brawl and wanted to be a sadist aiming for individual ribs to crack, eyes to blind, ear drums to rupture, and of course testicles to explode. he didn't take well to me not wanting to get into gorey details on how his 6 fingered fist supersoniced into a guys groin and blood coated the onlookers because he spilled the barbs drink.
>>43440052
That image is strangely erotic.
>>43440239
I called my GM's bluff on this once. He whiffed his follow-up because I had more AC than he thought I had.
When I played dnd 2e we used the book that outlined critical hit results (combat and tactics) and it sometimes got pretty brutal. The players really enjoyed the (fairly small) chance that someone was going to get fucked up at any time, rather than just trading off HP numbers to each other. It was, in my opinion, a big improvement to dungeons and dragons style of combat in general.
>>43440137
What? Who cares what the system "wants". The system is just there so everyone is playing by the same rules rather than arbitrarily declaring things. The system should best reflect the theme of the setting. Sometimes this takes tweaking.
>>43440239
I'd take that in a heartbeat. I'd have a fresh faced noob become a grizzled war vet in no time.
![aobDQ4wM3_480wa_v1[1].gif](https://i.imgur.com/cX2mlp4.gif "aobDQ4wM3_480wa_v1[1].gif")
>>43440052
Your image inspired me to make a halfling rogue who abuses his small stature to sneak attack all of his opponents in the groin.
![maxresdefault[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/SN9r9t2.jpg "maxresdefault[1].jpg")
>>43442731
1/1 I kekked
>>43442714
Elemental plane of groin-shots
>>43442714
Genos kinda makes me want to play a warforged pyromancer muscle wizard.
I allow for called shots, but I also have house rule called "Errant Shots". Its for ranged weapons specifically, mostly modern ranged weapons, and pertains to shots hitting random areas of the body if no called shot is made. If a players or npc attacks someone without using a called shot, there's a chance the attack could hit various areas of the body, as determined by rolling 2d10 (I just have the players roll them with their d20 to save time)
Head: 1-5 / 95 - 100
Right Arm: 6-14
Right Leg: 15-24
Torso: 25 - 75
Left Arm: 76 - 84
Left Leg: 85 - 95
There are different effects for each area being hit, though they're not as severe as those gained by a true called shot. Save for being hit in the head, if you're unarmored, I make that an instant x5 damage.
It's been a fun little rule that my players actually seem to like as it keeps everyone on their toes.
>>43440866
Psychopath detected
>>43443417
But when a woman does it, then it's not only normal but shown on public television without any form of scrutiny.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnXCPcq_RTY
And they wonder why I absolutely loathe women.
Surprised that the Cavern of Ow My Balls hasn't been brought up yet
>>43443446
>And they wonder why I absolutely loathe women.
>>>/r9k/
>>43443481
>Criticizing socially acceptable sadism (htis should be an oxymoron, but it isn't) warrants being redirected to /r9k/
If this is true, then /r9k/ is the only sane corner on the entirety of the internet. That's a depressing thought.
>>434434987
No, but saying you "absolutely loathe women" is a pretty good sign you should be kicked back to your containment board with the rest of the bitter frogposters.
In games I've seen called shots it tends to make combat less varied rather than more so (as it theoretically should). Folks either pick a spot they really want their character to attack or they find out the one area that provides the most mechanical bang for your buck and attack only it.
You have the one player who thinks its hilarious to sledgehammer or monk punch every single enemy in the nuts
You have another player who crunched the numbers and found that leg shots are the mechanically superior option and therefor only ever leg-shots
And you have the third guy who, upon hearing the game has called shots, proceeded to get some obnoxiously huge boost to his attack so that he can shoot enemies in the eyes or precision guide arrows up their urethra
And while >>43440239 has a good point it doesn't often play out that way. Players tend to get bitchy when you do "cheap" things like have a sniper go for headshots.
On a side note my players absolutely hate and are completely incapable of dealing with snipers just about ever. They consider them super cheap and something the GM should almost never use
Perhaps I'm wrong and a shit gm (this is a possibility I've considered)
>>43440052
If it is already accounted for in the system I'm using.
Creating one to then drop in should only be done with care, consideration and great deliberation.
>>43442833
That's just regular d100 though.
>>43440257
Well hey, what else are you going to do with a mancatcher? Hit people with it?
It's no more broken then tripping people with a spiked chain or grabbing them with a whip.
I would totally allow that guy in my campaign.
However, it's one thing to catch someone, and another to force them to the ground/against a wall.
So he better be prepared for sustained grapple tests.
>>43440052
>>43440306
>>43440553
>>43440575
>>43440866
>>43442714
Surely it's Riddle of Steel in here
>>43446142
>Riddle of Steel
Explain
>>43446252
In RoS's progenitor, groinshots are very effective. So effective that you literally shouldn't attack anything else if you want to be optimal (you don't always want to attack, but if you do, it's usually the best target). Not sure if RoS fixed it, haven't been checking on it lately.
>>43446308
>In RoS's progenitor, groinshots are very effective. So effective that you literally shouldn't attack anything else if you want to be optimal
How effective? Is it a one-shot kill or something?
>>43440239
>>Me: I'll make you the same offer that I make every other group. I will allow you to target body parts and chop them off for various penalties and disfigurements. However, I will extend the same courtesy to your enemies
Considering Adventurers are generally tougher than mooks, you really need to give the mooks some heavy negative modifiers against it
>>43443446
>>>/r9k/
Or at least
>>>/out/
and find a few humans to talk to. You sound like a sad, lonely man
>>43440052
Anima has called shots and critical hit rules by default.
Called a shot? Sure, but you're taking the appropriate penalty to your attack for doing so, meaning that it's harder to land a hit in the first place. And if it's too shallow, there won't be much of an effect anyway.
Dealt enough damage to get a critical? Did you call a shot? If yes, the roll for the critical level and see if you just deal a crippling wound or chop something off and what that entails depending on the part that got hit. If not, also roll to see which body part gets fucked.
Critical hits cause a permanent scar. One player in my campaigns a couple years ago was a fucking crit sponge.
I'm considering making a chart. Get a crit, roll for the severity of the wound. Ranges from cosmetic scar to things that could affect stats like Gruesome Scar (-1 CHA) or Lose Finger (-1 Dex), etc.
>>43446492
They get tougher HP.
This is a thing that bypasses HP.
That's the deal. Take it, or leave it.
And remember, there tends to be a lot more of them, and they only have to get lucky once.
>>43440866
Don't worry, it's normal: The image is barely presented with a violent context visible at first glance, the worst offender being the surprised look of the girl.
You could remove the blood and it would look like the small guy is sticking an ice cream in her groin.
Your brain is simply reading her expression associated with the focus on a genital area separately from the overall meaning of the depiction.
>>43440052
I play RuneQuest 6, all of it is built into the system.
>>43447000
Seriously. Just a little photoshop and the Tonberry could be shoving a dildo into Yuffie's cunt.
>>43447000
And the 9999 damage
![tumblr_inline_n2gh5pFYKG1rr2rgc_zps746b025c[2].png](https://i.imgur.com/ozMVhkd.png "tumblr_inline_n2gh5pFYKG1rr2rgc_zps746b025c[2].png")
>>43447127
I can't help but wonder what the aftermath of 9999 damage straight to the cunt looks like. Is it a single slit or does her vagina look like a bloody crater by now?
>>43447295
She's blown to bits.
>>43447113
Keep the damage numbers.
>>43440052
I'd like to but I have a lot of asshole players in my group and the second I allow for called shots with special crits because of it, everyshot's a head shot with "cranial evacuation"
>>43443446
Being a man is about not being a fucking whining pussy who gets his feelings hurt every time someone finds him or his gender worth any ridicule.
You are embarrassing yourself here.
Shrug your shoulders, carry on with your life and leave that kind of whining to women and sexual minorities."
>>43447793
>a REAL MAN(tm) accepts his suffering and genital mutilation being made a joke of
>a REAL MAN(tm) tolerates being treated like a literal subhuman
>>43446385
Not an expert or anything, but since RoS focuses on realistic, crunchy swordplay, I'd presume it and/or its predecessor focus more on damage in the form of dismemberment or shock as opposed to meat points. Presumably a successful groin shot will somehow stun or incapacitate the other guy, at which point it may as well be a one-hit kill.
>>43447793
>Shrug your shoulders, carry on with your life and leave that kind of whining to women and sexual minorities.
And that's exactly why they're taking over. Because you're unwilling to do anything about it but think it doesn't concern you until YOU'RE the one who's actually marginalized.
>>43447906
Hate will only bring more disgrace and disgust in your life. Live and let it live.
>>43448095
Can we talk about traditional games? Can you take this stupid argument somewhere else? Your brain wavelengths are making me dumber just from acknowledging your existence.
>>43448120
>Women literally do not care about the wellbeing of men
>"stupid"
What's wrong? Afraid that your "women are blameless angels" paradigm is collapsing?
>>43448096
lmao no
>>43447906
I'm with this nigga.
>>43448196
No, just concerned that nothing you have said so far has anything to do with the board or the thread you are on.
>>43440866
>>43447000
It's part of a set where >>43447113
happens.
>>43449256
If I remember right, she has an O face and its changed to 9999 of healing too.
>>43448120
>Your brain wavelengths are making me dumber just from acknowledging your existence.
Even saying this ironically makes you sound like a fucking retard.
>>43443563
>snipers are cheap
I'd say that falls into the camp of "in a real fight, you'd get your shit wrecked after getting hit by anything once, therefor, dramatic license calls for some tweaking to real life."
A sniper is fine, but the players need someway to prepare and/or retaliate, even if that wouldn't normally happen with a competent enemy sniper. Your players are probably in the right on this one if they're getting head shot out of the blue.
Even if it isn't out of the blue, and you have been giving options to your players to deal with this kind of enemy, they obviously weren't very intuitive options, so you need to redesign the encounter anyways.
>>43446612
Why does it bypass HP? That doesn't make sense.
A chopped off arm would only make sense for a character that's already close to unconsciousness from trauma.
>>43449860
Because that's always, ALWAYS what the fuckers say it should do.
I've never once seen them ask for anything else from called shots.
>>43449942
I don't know. If it was me I'd say that a 1d6 attack on a 80HP target's wrist is pretty much just a bruise or shallow cut. Called shot or not, you still need to do damage to the part you're calling.
>>43450014
The problem is that some players just don't want an HP system. They want a wound and hit location system, ala deadlands or aces & 8s
>>43451051
...so they just want to play a different system than the one you currently using. Tough luck for them I guess.
>>43447113
>photoshop
Please.
>>43452682
>The Tonberry's look distinctly less amused than when they were stabbing her
>>43452931
Of course they are, the knife slides in easier
>>43440052
>Cunt stab
ouch, good thing we have healers
>>43453391
This is Yuffie we're talking about so I'm sure that's still nowhere near the width that would make her uncomfortable.
![1356591680094[2].png](https://i.imgur.com/kYYf1BA.png "1356591680094[2].png")
>>43453415
>Greedy halflings stab random women in the vagina
>Lonely healers "lay hands" on them for a minor fee
>The profit is shared with the halflings
>Rinse and repeat ad infinitum
Cunt stabbing is an important cornerstone of the economy, goy... I mean girl!
If any one ! shots any enemy, they get to describe the Kill and dead.
>>43453459
Knife would still slide in easier
>>43440052
That's kinda hot.
>>43452682
Still getting something shoved up your privates and ass will hurt like a mother fucker.
>>43441916
.... adding in extra random damage to kill of characters and players with no fanfare is important enough to add in when it isn't already there?
jesus Christ.
>>43457456
depends how lubed she already is
>>43457541
I guessing not luned, because tonberrit's are bastard like that.
>>43440306
That's not an abortion, that's called not having any children again.EVER.
>>43440052
Our DM allows us to aim for specific body parts, but we homebrew accuracy loss rules as a result. The head, for instance, gives us a penalty of 50% for our accuracy. The only exception to this is hand to hand fighting.
>>43458404
Well, how does hand to hand fighting work?
>>43458409
Well the typical method is to get close to someone and punch them somewhere soft and unarmoured.
>>43440052
I made a called shot to the back of the BBEG with a bow early on in one of my games. The DM stacked a shit load of disadvantages: Running away, blinking, and almost out of range. Rolled a nat 20 and pegged him. DM was pissed and sprinkled plot armor on him so he could survive and escape, then the game went rapidly downhill. Went right past absurd and straight into ludicrous.
>>43459259
>Rolled a nat 20 and pegged him
If the DM didn't get pissed, would you just pump and dump him or tenderly assure him that he's just as masculine as before?
>>43440052
I'm currently running Dark Heresy, which has hit location and critical hits baked right into the system, and it's glorious. Arms, legs, and heads fly everywhere in the average session and it's glorious.
>>43459565
Well, I was playing a poison-dusk lizardman as a redneck, so I probably would have made him squeal like a piggy.
I meant that I shot him in the back of the head.
>>43453474
>Cunt stabbing is an important cornerstone of the
halfling culture, you should not oppress them by denying them that ritual!
>>43459590
>poison-dick lizardman
>>43447295
She crumples to dust.
>>43440052
In D&D? Ah hell yeah. Your fights go from "you do two damages" snorefests that drag on forever to "you decapitate the goblin and his friend catches his head and freaks out and now he's crying good job you monster" quick and messy gorefests. Just don't get too attached to your character's limbs.
>>43447295
She gets targeted by Life or Life2 and gets to use her limit breaker as next action.
>>43440052
CALLED SHOT
Attack Trick: The character attempts to find a chink in a target’s armor. He suffers a –3 attack check penalty if the target is wearing partial armor, a –6 penalty if the target is wearing moderate armor, or a –9 penalty if the target is wearing full armor. With a hit, the attack ignores any Damage Reduction provided by the target’s armor.
Fantasy Craft so good.
俺はFFよりVPだがマトモに作るとは思えん
>>43461595
>good
>make the called shot not be a called shot
