silent_bob Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 How much stun damage does a taser do? The stun rules on page 232 for weapons designed to stun, state that you are supposed to compare the weapons damage vs the targets hit points, but this is hard to do when the rules don't list the tasers damage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rust Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 A normal real world taser is designed to stun a slightly above average human most of the time, more power than this would be likely to cause more deaths. I therefore think that a success chance of 85 % against 12 hit points would probably be about right. Looking at the resistance table, this would translate into an average damage of 19 (19 vs. 12 = 85 %). This could be expressed, for example, as 2d6+12, to guarantee a minimum damage of 14 (still a good chance to stun an average human) and keep the maximum damage (24) low enough to remain plausible and avoid an unnecessary waste of power. Just some thoughts ... Quote "Mind like parachute, function only when open." (Charlie Chan) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vile Traveller Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 IIRC tasers don't stun so much as immobilize the victim while the current is flowing. Once it's switched off, he or she immediately regains control of their muscle function. In real life 2D6+12 might be a bit low, because I haven't seen any reports of anyone successfully resisting a taser (although most victims are strongly disinclined to repeat the experience). There should probably be a small chance of death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rust Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 ...because I haven't seen any reports of anyone successfully resisting a taser There seem to be quite a number of cases where police officers used tasers re- peatedly on the same person, but I do not know whether they did it because the person resisted the taser, or because the police officers overreacted bad- ly. Anyhow, repeated use increases the probability that the person is killed, and this probability is already high enough to make tasers illegal in most of Europe, even for the police (in Germany only some special forces units have them, but until now never used them). Quote "Mind like parachute, function only when open." (Charlie Chan) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soltakss Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 I've seen a video (on one of those Police Shocker style programs) of a man in the USA who was Tazered and then carried on forward - it took 2 or 3 goes to bring him down. So, it's definitely possible to laugh off a Tazer attack. But 2D6+12 sounds right - it has more than a 50/50 chance of immobilising an average person and a fair chance of immobilising a big person. Quote Simon Phipp - Caldmore Chameleon - Wallowing in my elitism since 1982. Many Systems, One Family. Just a fanboy. www.soltakss.com/index.html Jonstown Compendium author. Find my contributions here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdavies2720 Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Someone last night mentioned a video (friend's father, as part of police training) of a crack user being hit with a taser and basically ignoring it. So having someone be unaffected is certainly in the taser mythology if not also in fact. Quote Bathalians, the newest UberVillians! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJealousy Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 I guess the only thing to do is get a couple of the American readers here to give it a go. They can probably buy a Taser from WalMart. All in the name of research... to turn myth into fact Oh, and don't forget to video it and post it here! Quote Mr Jealousy has returned to reality! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdavies2720 Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 I guess the only thing to do is get a couple of the American readers here to give it a go. They can probably buy a Taser from WalMart. All in the name of research... to turn myth into fact Oh, and don't forget to video it and post it here!LOL. And to make it scientific, we should run the test, what? maybe 10 times? Quote Bathalians, the newest UberVillians! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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