Re: hit locations (was: [DL] only a little OT, or not even, really.)

[Ross Coburn <coburn@sympatico.ca>]

At 04:57 PM 7/29/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>Here's an example of the kind of result you'd get...
>
>Black Bob just shot at Dirty Dan with a Winchester Model 1876 and for the
>sake of this example we'll just assume he hit and the range was 80 yards and
>he was firing from the side (yes, it makes a big difference). So, you'd roll
>3 D10 (but you use them to generate a number between 000-999) and your
>result is 272;  which means we go to damage table S14. At a range of 80
>yards the Winchester Model 1876 has a Penetration of 3.8 and a Damage class
>of 8. Referencing the damage table with these numbers we see that the bullet
>hits the lower chest in the side, shatters a rib, goes right through the
>stomach, and the liver, and is lodged halfway through the rib on the other
>side of the body. This results in a total of 27,000 Damage points... this
>result is almost certainly more than 3 times Dirty Dan's Knockout Value
>(average human KV is around 40), which means there's a 99% chance that Dirty
>Dan is down and in shock (and in a minute or two he'll be dead). Even if
>there was a doctor nearby, with the medical technology level of the
>Deadlands time period he'll still be dead. In fact even with modern medical
>technology and if he was rushed to a trauma center he's still only got a 45%
>chance of survival...

Ahh, but what about if Black Bob is on a balcony overlooking Dirty Dan, whi
is crouching annd has a saddlebag slung over his exposed shoulder?

Yes indeed, there is a reason I ridicule Phoenix Command's combat system...
<g>