[UA] Dead bad guys

[Bryant Durrell]

On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 12:33:16PM -0700, Cassady Toles wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Jun 2001 08:48:44 -0500, ua at lists.uchicago.edu wrote:
>   Hm... the problem with including knockout rules is that you then run the
>   risk of some joker finding a way to game the system where, instead of
>   having to claw through Eponymous' 80 wound points, he just knocks him out,
>   then slits his throat.  But I suppose I could put some knockout rules in
>   somewhere.
>   
> Based on the fact that to have any realistic chance of knocking out someone
> with a single blow, it should realistically only be possible by someone who
> either is constantly getting in fights and works at being as good as humanly
> possible at it, someone who trains obsessively in martial arts, or someone
> with some sort of magical capabilities.  
> 
> And then it should be rare, say less than 10% of all possible hits.  Hmm, if
> only there were some way to do that....
> 
> Might I suggest the following cherry:
> 
> Cold Cock:  Opponent takes no damage but is knocked unconscious for a number
> of rounds equal to the damage the blow would inflict.

So someone with that cherry gets an instant knockout 1 out of every
10 attacks?  That's maybe a little bit overly sweet.

-- 
  Bryant Durrell [] durrell at innocence.com [] http://www.innocence.com/~durrell
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