[Runequest] [SPAM] Re: Ow being hit with a sword hurts

[Tony]

steve at limitedchaos.com wrote:
> Aside from being a nice round number, there is no great
> specialness to 5. It could be 3, it could be 8. Perhaps 4 is best. Or it
> could be a two degree increase in dice of damage. See my previous ideas of
> using a linear roll for all weapons.
>
> I am actually less concerned with the extra damage being too little.
> If it is too little, then the success exploiter doesn't need it. There are
> lots of other possibilities, such as choosing hit location, stunning the
> opponent, impaling, etc. Remember that the user has a choice, not a die
> roll.
> <
Perhaps thats why the harnmaster lads went for the special success being
every success which is a multiple of 5. the specialness of 5 I reckon
comes from our fingers, if we had four fingers per hand then four would be
sprcial:)

Tony