Clinging Damage Shield effects

[MarkusDark]

So, I know that I can make Clinging into a Damage Shield, but I am somewhat hazy on the effects it would have. For instance:

 

Character X is attacker

Character C is the character with the Clinging Damage Shield

 

X hits C with a hand held weapon. Unless X can do more body damage with a STR only roll, the weapon is stuck on that character and cannot be used.

 

Now, say X hits C with a punch and cannot beat the clinging strength. How does that affect X?

Can he attack with the other hand?

If so, what happens after he hits with both hands and both feet? Is he trapped or can he still attack?

How does that affect X and C's movement and/or CV's?

[Steve Long]

Re: Clinging Damage Shield effects

 

I think this issue is best left up to the GM to resolve in light of special effects, common sense, dramatic sense, and game balance. For example, common sense tells us that a one-handed punch is likely to incapacitate that one hand, but not necessarily the other hand. OTOH (no pun intended!), a Kirk Double-Fisted Smash would end up incapacitating both hands.