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

[Wayne Shaw]

At 04:04 PM 5/28/2008, you 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.

Its a fair point.