Opiyel Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 I was watching some heist movie and it got me thinking. How would one model having a hostage and holding a knife to a throat or gun to the head? Obviously, one would use grapple, but from there, would someone do an attack to place it on the neck? Compel surrender? I'm curious on everyone's thoughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raleel Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 I feel like this is a compel surrender move. Does no damage, force willpower roll to stop fighting. I imagine that if the situation changes (grapple gets broken), then it would removed the compelling. Acting while still in the grapple probably allows for an automatic damage to the head location. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opiyel Posted November 26, 2017 Author Share Posted November 26, 2017 4 minutes ago, Raleel said: I feel like this is a compel surrender move. Does no damage, force willpower roll to stop fighting. I imagine that if the situation changes (grapple gets broken), then it would removed the compelling. Acting while still in the grapple probably allows for an automatic damage to the head location. That makes sense. I wonder, what would happen if the grappler decided to pull the trigger, or cut the jugular? Should that be an Easy attack roll? Are there rules for coup de graces in the game? Thanks again for the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raleel Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 I’d probably treat it as a surprise with a free special effect. Also, the defender is going to be at a Hard penalty because of the Grapple, so defense is going to suck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opiyel Posted November 28, 2017 Author Share Posted November 28, 2017 That seems reasonable. I had considered that the attack would automatically crit since it's hitting a weakpoint. I suppose my worry was that I didn't want this to be so easy to pull off that anyone could just grab someone and automatically kill them so easily. I like your idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raleel Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 1 hour ago, Opiyel said: That seems reasonable. I had considered that the attack would automatically crit since it's hitting a weakpoint. I suppose my worry was that I didn't want this to be so easy to pull off that anyone could just grab someone and automatically kill them so easily. I like your idea. oh another thing - defending from behind is Formidable. One could make a good argument for that here, assuming they would be holding them from behind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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