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Originally Posted by Atgxtg
BRP really isn't that deadly. The ability to kill with one hit is fairly low, and in most cases restricted to impaling weapons that critical. BRP is more lethal than, say, D&D, but there are deadlier games.
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I think as of RQ3 you're underrating how bad it could be; almost any crit, impaling or not, could be pretty lethal for characters without a good Size and Con if it hit head or possibly chest. The change between RQ2 and RQ3 in regard to the threshold effects for negative values in these locations could be unforgiving (which is one reason it changed again when RQ: AIG was under development).
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One thing about hit locations and Major Wound charts is that they tend to make the game less deadly, as they increase the chances of a character being taken out of a fight while still alive.
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Yes and no. Locations make you more likely to go down without dying from THP, but the torso and head location hits can be potentially lethal much more quickly.