{"id":3869,"date":"2017-03-08T14:50:08","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T22:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themook.net\/gamegeekery\/?p=3869"},"modified":"2017-03-09T15:09:46","modified_gmt":"2017-03-09T23:09:46","slug":"location-location-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themook.net\/gamegeekery\/location-location-location\/","title":{"rendered":"Location, Location, Location!"},"content":{"rendered":"

And a joyful GURPSDay<\/a>\u00a0to all the GURPies, GURPSers, and GURPSaholics! Enjoy the day of plenty.<\/p>\n

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In GURPS combat,\u00a0where <\/strong>you damage an opponent can have as big an impact as\u00a0how much<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>damage you inflict, so today I thought I’d look at how the same gunshot wound affects a target differently depending on where\u00a0it hits. Hit Location effects are described on pp. 398-399 of GURPS Campaigns<\/strong>; the Injury effects are on pp. 419-421.<\/p>\n

For this example, the attacker has fired and successfully hit Bob the Target (who failed to dodge) with a single shot from a Glock 17 pistol. The listed damage is “2d+2 pi,” and the attacker rolls a “5” and a “3.” Total damage is “10” (and, as the damage is piercing, there is no wounding multiplier for damage type).<\/p>\n

Bob is wearing no body armor, and has HT\/HP of 12\/12. He does not have High Pain Threshold. In all cases below, total damage inflicted is greater than 4, so he will have the maximum Shock penalty on his next turn (usually -4, doubled to -8 for Groin hits).<\/p>\n

In the absence of declaring a hit location, the attack is assumed to be against the Torso, so let’s start there.<\/p>\n

Torso<\/h3>\n

Since this is the default hit location, there are no special damage effects. Bob…<\/p>\n