D&D -how does wounding really work?

[Kaftan Barlast]

The people I play ith seem to have odd ideas about how some things work. One of these is their take on wounding weapons which I dont really understand how theyre supposed to work.

 

 

They play it so that the target hit looses Con AND most importantly, also loses HP corresponding to that loss of con. So basicly, each hit also generates a massive loss of hitpoints on top of the damage.

 

 

This seems to be way too powerful, is this really how its supposed to work?

[Reveilled]

The people I play ith seem to have odd ideas about how some things work. One of these is their take on wounding weapons which I dont really understand how theyre supposed to work.

 

 

They play it so that the target hit looses Con AND most importantly, also loses HP corresponding to that loss of con. So basicly, each hit also generates a massive loss of hitpoints on top of the damage.

 

 

This seems to be way too powerful, is this really how its supposed to work?

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According to p.226 of the DMG (3.5e): "Wounding: A wounding weapon deals 1 point of Constitution damage from blood loss when it hits a creature. A critical hit does not multiply the Constitution damage. Creatures immune to critical hits are immune to the Constitution damage dealt by this weapon."

[metadigital]

So the single Constitution damage point is in addition to normal damage, except for those lucky undeadies and demonkin ...

[Vashanti]

Wow.

 

I haven't read up on the 3.5 DMG much; I was just gonna reply from what I knew of the Hordes of the Underdark NWN expansion, in which Wounding weapons simply continue to cause damage until healed or the Healing skill is used.

[Reveilled]

Wow.

 

I haven't read up on the 3.5 DMG much; I was just gonna reply from what I knew of the Hordes of the Underdark NWN expansion, in which Wounding weapons simply continue to cause damage until healed or the Healing skill is used.

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I believe that in the editions of AD&D, wounding actually worked like that. I would also not be surprised if there was a weapon ability that did just that, but it would have to be in one of the variant books, since I can't find it in the DMG. I'd guess at a name like "bleeding".

[Judge Hades]

Keep in mind that Constitution, like all stats, increase or decrease at every even point. So a bugger with an 17 Con would need to be hit twice before the Constitution loss effects his overall hit points.

[metadigital]

I guess you could even use some sort of variation for house rules and take off half of the constitutional bonus hit points for each wounding strike, rather than taking them all off every other strike ...

[Kaftan Barlast]

Well, the char in our group that has a wounding weapons also has 5+ attacks and with this she is able to grind most things to a pulp in 2-3 rounds.

[Vashanti]

Aren't Undead immune to Wounding weps?

 

Make 'em fight only Undead monsters!

[Kaftan Barlast]

Well, Im not the GM so I cant do diddleyt squat. If I WAS, we wouldnt be playing D&D in the first place

[Judge Hades]

Wounding weapons are supposed to be kickarse as well as extremely rare.

[metadigital]

Kaftan, bide your time. Then volunteer to take the ground on a *new* gaming experience ... Cthulhu. "

[Gabrielle]

Wounding weapons are cool. Make them bleed and if they have low HP, bleed to death.

[Walsingham]

In teh melee era, where a lot of weapons were slashing and bashing, and even for some of the pokey ones, bleeding is your main worry, because once it starts in a big way it will carry on in a big way unless you get it dressed sharpish. For loss of blood I'd lose em STR and INT, not CON.

[Judge Hades]

Using STR and INT won't work because you don't die when they reach 0 and reach 0 CON in this manner is to reflect bleeding to death.

[metadigital]

I think you're going about this the wrong way. Implement *instadeathkill*, so that these characters fly through whatever module it is that the GM is playing. Either the GM will get overrun/frustrated/bored with the rapid progress of the PCs and call a halt, or the players will lose interest.

 

If you time it right, you can interject precisely when they will be most receptive to the idea of playing with characters that have strengths AND weaknesses, so that they might play in such a way to emphasise the former and minimise the latter.

 

 

Then volunteer to GM them in a game of Cthulhu.

[Kaftan Barlast]

I sucessfully persuaded the GM (who is getting better and better actually) to nerf the overpowered characters by means of a Goblin horde who nicked all our phat items. Unfortunantly, he let the 'wounding' player keep her weapon.

 

 

..and theres no way I could GM a Call of Cthulhu campaign in swedish. The players would be laughing themselves silly instead of being frightened

 

 

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[Vashanti]

A moose once bit my sister...

[Kaftan Barlast]

Mynd you, moose bites can be pretty nasti

[Gabrielle]

Using STR and INT won't work because you don't die when they reach 0 and reach 0 CON in this manner is to  reflect bleeding to death.

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That would be right since CON deals with the health and well being of a character. Bleeding to death should deal with that stat.

[metadigital]

Mynd you, moose bites can be pretty nasti

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

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Maybe you should conduct the game in English (or French or some other, non-native language that imparts the necessary gravit

[Kaftan Barlast]

Maybe you should conduct the game in English (or French or some other, non-native language that imparts the necessary gravit

[Gabrielle]

Ich spreche nicht Deutsches, das Sie täuschen.

[metadigital]

I am surpirsed that my three years of high school German actually helped me get into that role play !... I would have thought I was lost to the language of Deutsche Vaterland ...

[Gabrielle]

Brunnen sind Sie nicht stumm.