Yamo Posted May 17, 2003 Report Share Posted May 17, 2003 A HERO martial artist wants to break his opponent's neck. How can he do it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catacomb Posted May 17, 2003 Report Share Posted May 17, 2003 Do your nastiest attack as a called shot to the neck...or head. The multipliers should be enough to snap any normals neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Squirrel Posted May 17, 2003 Report Share Posted May 17, 2003 Disabling Techniques are covered in the UMA on pg. 157. It is a special move using normal techniques. If you don't want this to count as a crack like you are refering to, than you most likely want to build it as a new power that makes use of a Major Transform. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insaniac99 Posted May 18, 2003 Report Share Posted May 18, 2003 how can he be a Hero martial artist if he wants to snap necks? that is no hero! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fur Face Posted May 18, 2003 Report Share Posted May 18, 2003 Time to rent "Game of Death" or "Enter the Dragon". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pseudo Nymh Posted May 18, 2003 Report Share Posted May 18, 2003 Aren't there rules in the core book for severing limbs? That should work for breaking them, too, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fur Face Posted May 18, 2003 Report Share Posted May 18, 2003 Hey Yamo, In all seriousness, BODY damage is defined as breaking bones and serious internal injuries. Any HKA will do if it exceeds defenses. I seem to remember that breaking an arm would be about 3 body, so a neck can't be too far from that. For the "Ye old necksnap autokill" you can either do a Called Shot or create a new power, which was already suggested. Old Dark Champions had a neck hit as a -12 modifier, half that if you surprise someone, as in sneeking up on a guard on watch. Wouldn't have to necessarily be an HKA if the attack was high enough. As an example, I know on Mike Surbrooks web site he simulated the old DnD "sword of sharpness" as an sword with +8 OCV, since thats all you'd need to hack off a limb. Another way to do it would be an HKA, NND(3), only to break necks, must be behind suprised opponent (-1/2), only with humans (-1/2). Of course, you might not nead anything, if the victim is already unconscious, then its an autokill. The one problem with any of this would be "whats good for the goose is good for the gander"; if a GM lets you do it, then you'd better learn how to defend yourself from it. Just my 2 cents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriot Posted May 19, 2003 Report Share Posted May 19, 2003 neck snapping I think you would either use a major transformation or link a major transformation to the approprite maneuver. remember , you can break a neck with out killing someone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maccabe Posted May 20, 2003 Report Share Posted May 20, 2003 Snapping the Neck Under the Martial Arts section in Combat Manuevers (P. 265) KILLING STRIKE says it includes snapping the victims neck etc. You may also consider a CALLED SHOT TO THE HEAD (P. 276) [since Neck is closest to the Head among the locations named]. This multiplies the Killing Body Damage by 2 , so if you do enough damage (P 278-279) you may Disable the victim , possibly permanently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinecone Posted May 21, 2003 Report Share Posted May 21, 2003 Killing strike/Killing throw + Penalty skill levels = death dealing Kung Fu master.... what level are you working in? at the heroic level mooks die easy so this is an easy one at higher levels HKA might model it better.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyDrug Posted May 21, 2003 Report Share Posted May 21, 2003 Or the Joint Break move applied to the neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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