Re: [DL] Just not getting it i guess <goff>

["John Goff" <JohnGoff@deadlands.com>]

>
> The thing I was just talkin about doesn't need a
> location roll. (On a creature like that why would you
> need one).
>

You wouldn't. I think the original poster's point was along the lines that a
Size 6 creature with one hit location is on average easier to kill than a
Size 6 creature with 5 hit locations because every wound is going to be
dealt to the same spot, rather than spread out.

Using the quick hits system actually makes it easier to kill; wound levels
mean 11 points of damage is only one wound out of 5 approximately 20% dead,
whereas 11 points out of 30 is over 33% dead.

This is a case where a Marshal can either write it off as a fluke of the
system, or raise the creature's "effective" Size for wounding purposes to
reflect the fact that all its mass is concentrated in one hit location.

I'll stick with the former, myself, as it's easier--and I'm seriously lazy
when it comes to running. :-)

John