Don't Rape.

[01101010]

So it's a slice-chop? 

[Sjofn]

Random lady farmer knows how to use a sickle.

And she's not going to be some willowy chick that can't fuck a dude up, either.

[Cheddar]

Random lady farmer knows how to use a sickle. Seriously, I'm not kidding, with just a bit of training and no particular strength, I could cleanly whack through a 1 inch thick tree trunk with the right swing and angle. And no, I am NOT confusing it with a scythe. I'm talking about the usual sickle you see on the hammer and sickle soviet flag. There's a reason its designed the way it is. The curve of the blade at the top slices into the wood/brush/neck and carries on slicing through the curve of the blade with the full force of your swing. As the curve gets more acute, it acts as a chopping mechanism. So its slice to chop in one fell swoop.

This.  Its curved for a reason.

A single slice would easily take off 30-50% of the neck - one or two more strokes to complete. 

[Surlyboi]

I've cut through some fairly thick bamboo with a katana, I'm pretty sure she could do the same or more with a sickle or kama that was expressly made for that kinda shit.

[Ratman_tf]

Did she get his quickening?

[Sheepherder]

A single slice would easily take off 30-50% of the neck - one or two more strokes to complete.

And a tip impact would have a wound profile not dissimilar to a strike from a war pick.

[bhodi]

Sooo.. 1d4?

[Malakili]

Sooo.. 1d4?

This was a vorpal sickle.

[Morat20]

Sooo.. 1d4?

Call it 1d6, 19-20, x3 crit. Definite exotic weapon profiency needed.

If she was a farmer, we'd say she probably had weapon focus (sickle) and possible weapon finesse (sickle) and a good chance of improved critical (sickle).

They were both commoners, so that gives him what -- maybe 12 hit points, max? So if she got in a crit we're talking 12 to 15 points of damage, on average, depending on her str bonus. Definite one-shot.

Probably should nerf sickles before some drow starts dual-wielding them.

[UnSub]

How easy / hard it would be to go through a human neck depends on the type / construction of the sickle.

I googled 'indian sickle' and found this:



Looks solid enough to me to take someone's head off with a little bit of dedication.

[angry.bob]

Yeah, the sickle used by a rural indian farm peasant probably isn't going to be built the same as the one we would go into Home Depot and buy. The version we buy has a blade about an inch wide, eight inches long, and weighs half a pound at most. That thing looks like it was made out a chunk of a ships hull a seventy-five years ago, weighs a couple of pounds and has been passed down through the family. With an unobstructed swing my four year old could behead someone with it. I especially like that the end of the handle looks like a wooden dildo.

Also, equating a farming sickle and a kukri is bad.

[Ingmar]

Sooo.. 1d4?

Call it 1d6, 19-20, x3 crit. Definite exotic weapon profiency needed.

If she was a farmer, we'd say she probably had weapon focus (sickle) and possible weapon finesse (sickle) and a good chance of improved critical (sickle).

They were both commoners, so that gives him what -- maybe 12 hit points, max? So if she got in a crit we're talking 12 to 15 points of damage, on average, depending on her str bonus. Definite one-shot.

Probably should nerf sickles before some drow starts dual-wielding them.

No need, they're already right there in the 3e weapon chart. d6/x2, simple weapon.

[Morat20]

No need, they're already right there in the 3e weapon chart. d6/x2, simple weapon.

That picture and those stats don't match. :)

[Sheepherder]

Also, equating a farming sickle and a kukri is bad.

Clearly I'm totally off-base there.  It's not like the one tool is is a direct evolutionary descendant of the other or anything.

[Sky]

Discussions like this are why f13 is so awesome.

[ghost]

Call it 1d6, 19-20, x3 crit. Definite exotic weapon profiency needed.

If she was a farmer, we'd say she probably had weapon focus (sickle) and possible weapon finesse (sickle) and a good chance of improved critical (sickle).

They were both commoners, so that gives him what -- maybe 12 hit points, max? So if she got in a crit we're talking 12 to 15 points of damage, on average, depending on her str bonus. Definite one-shot.

Probably should nerf sickles before some drow starts dual-wielding them.

Um..... wow.   

[Morat20]

Um..... wow.   

If it helps, I've always viewed hit points as more of a "Propensity to get the fuck out of the way" than "health". Your level 20 epic warrior has the hit points to, technically, take a ballista bolt to the chest.

No human is going to survive that. Instead, your level 20 guy is far more fucking likely to have not been there insofar as he's had years of learning to get out of the way of death.

[Dren]

Cows are considered sacred by Hindus who don't eat beef but it's not illegal to slaughter cows in India - although former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee did make such a proposal back in 2003 (Source) Illegally killing a cow in India may lead to a hefty fine and jail sentence but so does illegally killing one in the UK.

It is illegal to kill cows in Nepal (a Hindu kingdom) though.

You need to go fix Wikipedia then.  A simple google search is opposed to your quote above.  Maybe banned and illegal are different?  Some states as opposed to all states?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle_in_religion

Cow slaughter is banned except in the states of Kerala, West Bengal and the seven north eastern states.[19] Cows are routinely shipped to these states for slaughter, even though it is illegal to transport cows for slaughter across provincial borders.[20] Many illegal slaughterhouses operate in large cities such as Chennai and Mumbai. While there are approximately 3,600 slaughterhouses operating legally in India, there are estimated to be over 30,000 illegal slaughterhouses.[21] Efforts to close them down have so far been largely unsuccessful.

I'm not really opposed to the idea that slaughtering wandering cows in India where most the population wouldn't like it is illegal.   Unless they are rapists that is.  Then they deserve the sickle.

[sinij]

Fuck, next time I rape I will make sure to wear metal collar. You just can never be too safe.

[Cheddar]

Fuck, I rape  ...  

[Ratman_tf]

Um..... wow.   

If it helps, I've always viewed hit points as more of a "Propensity to get the fuck out of the way" than "health". Your level 20 epic warrior has the hit points to, technically, take a ballista bolt to the chest.

No human is going to survive that. Instead, your level 20 guy is far more fucking likely to have not been there insofar as he's had years of learning to get out of the way of death.

Ow! You hit me in the dodge! 

[WindupAtheist]

Have some potions of dodge-healing.

[rk47]

But what level is that rapist? Is his hit die is so low that he died to one crit?

[tgr]

Nerds.

[Hawkbit]

I'm just waiting for the gridded terrain pics.

[Morat20]

But what level is that rapist? Is his hit die is so low that he died to one crit?

Duh, commoner. Or else the PC's would have been brought in. I suppose she could be a first-level fighter. I mean, they have to start somewhere.

[UnSub]

But what level is that rapist? Is his hit die is so low that he died to one crit?

It was obviously a level 1 encounter. She then looted his body and went immediately to the markets to dump trash items.

[01101010]

But what level is that rapist? Is his hit die is so low that he died to one crit?

It was obviously a level 1 encounter. She then looted his body and went immediately to the markets to dump trash items.

I gotta think that a HEAD would be a quest item for something though... Can't really craft with it so no value there - though it could be grey...

[Minvaren]

But what level is that rapist? Is his hit die is so low that he died to one crit?

It was obviously a level 1 encounter. She then looted his body and went immediately to the markets to dump trash items.

I gotta think that a HEAD would be a quest item for something though... Can't really craft with it so no value there - though it could be grey...

I think Sean Connery gives that quest.