[UA] Dead bad guys

[John Scott]

Greg asked:
>FIFTEEN combat rounds for a fistfight to the death.
<snip>

>What, specifically, do you feel inhibits bar brawling?

The fact that it has to end in death.  Most bar fights don't.

In UA, as it stands, you can't knock someone unconscious without killing 
them.  That's a flaw. It's also almost impossible to kill someone in one 
hit with a sword.  That's a flaw. Gun damage works fine; IMO melee damage 
doesn't.

The fix we've put in is as follows:

You have a number of stun points, the same as your body points.

Melee weapons do their damage to stun.  Guns do their damage to body.
One of the possible melee cherries is "do gun damage".
Once stun goes to zero, body damage is done.

Sharp/huge/(can never remember the third category) do 10 extra stun per 
category.

Max damage for a melee weapon is your skill with that weapon.

It means that it is possible for a skilled boxer / martial artist to knock 
someone out with one hit.

The only downside is it's another stat for the GM to keep track of, but 
it's really not that much more work.

John


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