styopa Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 Not to make light of it, as it's a terrible tragedy for the man and the people involved, but in case your players ever question - "I wasn't really even swinging hard/it was just sparring/etc how could I *kill* nearest friend?" or "I'm wielding a 15' pike, how could I possibly 'strike nearest friend' that's next to me?" here's your reply: https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/10/10/virginia-medieval-re-enactor-fatally-impales-self-with-lance/23556408/ I will never again question a result on the fumble table. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
womble Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 On 10/10/2018 at 5:09 PM, styopa said: ...in case your players ever question - "I wasn't really even swinging hard/it was just sparring/etc how could I *kill* nearest friend?"... "It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
styopa Posted October 12, 2018 Author Share Posted October 12, 2018 19 hours ago, womble said: "It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye..." The fact that he impaled and KILLED HIMSELF on his own lance while essentially practicing validates the 'danger' factor in my little 'training minigame' spreadsheet for character downtime. https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B018uRj3WEzoS1o3UmtrYVIweUk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soltakss Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 On 10/10/2018 at 5:09 PM, styopa said: Not to make light of it, as it's a terrible tragedy for the man and the people involved, but in case your players ever question - "I wasn't really even swinging hard/it was just sparring/etc how could I *kill* nearest friend?" or "I'm wielding a 15' pike, how could I possibly 'strike nearest friend' that's next to me?" here's your reply: https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/10/10/virginia-medieval-re-enactor-fatally-impales-self-with-lance/23556408/ I will never again question a result on the fumble table. When I was with the St John Ambulance Brigade, we were talking about the rule "Never remove a foreign object", i.e. if something is stuck in you, a first aider shouldn't remove it, otherwise it might bleed more. Someone said they were on first aid duty with the Sealed Knot and they said that after 8 pints of real ale, they got a bit careless and the first aiders decided to ignore the "Never remove a foreign object" and pulled several pikes out of people's arms and legs. 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...
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