Principles of martial combat can be an art all of its own.
I have decided to seamlessly integrate try integrating Called Shots into the Rise of the Runelords campaign I am running. In order to better accommodate this, I’ve decided to take inspiration from GURPS and flesh out a random hit location table based on the body parts identified in Ultimate Combat and using 3d6 as a random roll.
| 3d6 | Location | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Ear | Challenging |
| 4 | Eye | Challenging |
| 5 | Neck | Challenging |
| 6 | Head | Tricky |
| 7 | Leg | Easy |
| 8 | Chest | Easy |
| 9 | Chest | Easy |
| 10 | Chest | Easy |
| 11 | Arm | Easy |
| 12 | Arm | Easy |
| 13 | Leg | Easy |
| 14 | Hand | Tricky |
| 15 | Hand | Tricky |
| 16 | Head | Tricky |
| 17 | Vitals | Challenging |
| 18 | Heart | Challenging |
Whenever an attack hits an enemy, this table will be referred to. Players or enemies can deliberately target a certain part and take the appropriate penalty as usual.
The vitals are smaller than the head? I guess that they are about the same size, and the head just tend to be more in the way.