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''inspired by Andrew L. Chang – aka Fu-Man Chu''

The Star Frontiers combat system is designed to be
simple and general. We don’t normally care exactly
where we get hit, only that we got hit. The damage
is rolled (independent of the level of success of the
attack roll) and subtracted from Stamina (after
applying defenses). But simple systems aren’t for
everyone. This system gives rules for governing hit
locations, which adds both complexity and some
realism to the game.

==Determining Hit Location==
[[File:HitLocation.png|250px|right]]
When you roll your dice to hit your opponent, you
must roll less than or equal to your success rate.
When you do, you can look at the tens digit to
determine hit location using the following chart:

==Skill Level==
If you possess skill levels in the weapon you’re
using, you can “bump” the hit location up or down a
number of steps equal to your skill’s level. For
example: Firing your blaster pistol at a thug, you
roll 58 and are successful. You have hit your
opponent in area 8, the leg. Your beam weapons
skill is level 2, so you could bump the hit location
down to 9 (the other leg) or up to 7 or 6 (his left
arm or hand), as you wish.

==Effects of Hit Locations==
In order to keep much of the combat simple and
loose, you don’t have to keep track of each hit
separately. If you’re hit in the left arm, right leg, or
forehead, you still just subtract your damage from a
single Current Stamina score.
However, when you’re hit with a lot of damage in a
single blow to any given hit location, you may suffer
an additional effect. Head shots can leave you
dazed or knock you out in one blow. Hits to the
torso can wind you... and leg injuries can make your
character have trouble getting around. The injury
effects are summarized on the hit location diagram
located on this page, and these descriptions
elaborate:

'''0 – Head:''' If the damage caused is greater than the
tens digit of the target’s Stamina score, he must
make a Stamina (maximum, not current) avoidance
roll or be dazed (treat as surprised) for one turn. If
damage caused is greater than one half of the
target’s maximum Stamina score, he must make a
Stamina (maximum, not current) avoidance roll or
fall unconscious for d100 turns. The head is a lethal
hit location; if a character sustains more damage
than he has remaining current Stamina points to
endure, he’s dead.

'''1-2 – Chest:''' If damage caused is greater than half
the target’s maximum Stamina, he must make a
Strength avoidance roll or be knocked back 1-2
meters by the blow. The chest is a lethal hit
location; a character who takes more damage than
he has remaining current Stamina points to endure
is dead.

'''3 – Abdomen:''' If damage caused is greater than
half the target’s maximum Stamina, he must make
a Reaction Speed check to roll-with-the-blow or he
will be winded for the next turn (treat as surprised).
The abdomen is a lethal hit location; a character
who takes more damage than he has remaining
current Stamina points to endure is dead.

'''4,6 – Arms:''' If damage caused is greater than half
the target’s maximum Stamina, his limb will be
numbed and useless for 1d10 turns. The arm is not
an immediately lethal hit location; regardless of the
amount of damage sustained, your character will
always have at least one current Stamina point
remaining.

'''5,7 – Hands:''' If the damage caused is greater than
the tens digit of the target’s maximum Stamina
score, he must make a Dexterity avoidance roll or
drop anything he was holding in that hand. If the
damage caused is greater than half the target’s
maximum Stamina, his hand will be numbed and
useless for 1d10 turns. The hand is not an
immediately lethal hit location; regardless of the
amount of damage sustained, your character will
always have at least one current Stamina point
remaining.

'''8-9 – Legs:''' If the damage caused is greater than
the tens digit of the target’s maximum Stamina
score, he must make a Dexterity avoidance roll or
be tripped, lying prone. If the damage caused is
greater than half the target’s maximum Stamina
score, his leg is numbed and his movement will be
halved for 1d10 turns. The leg is not an
immediately lethal hit location; regardless of the
amount of damage sustained, your character will
always have at least one current Stamina point
remaining.

==Non-humanoid Shapes==
The referee will have to use common sense when
determining hit location to races other than those
with humanoid shapes. Races with different
appendages should have a chance of being hit in
those locations (for example, if hit in the arm, the
referee might describe the wound as a wing injury
to your Yazirian). Dralasite hit locations won’t
matter – since they are amorphous and can move
damage freely to distribute it through their mostly
homogeneous form. Vrusks normally are hit in a leg
that faces his foe, unless he is hit from behind, in
which case a random leg might take the damage.

'''Wings:''' if a Yazirian is hit in the wings for more
than half his maximum Stamina score in one hit, his
wing membrane will be damaged and he will be
unable to glide until he heals. The wing is not an
immediately lethal hit location; regardless of the
amount of damage sustained, your character will
always have at least one current Stamina point
remaining.

==Hit Location and Cover==
When dealing with hard cover, instead of applying
the normal penalties to hit, use this rule instead. If
the hit location rolled cannot be bumped to a
location that is exposed, then the target was
protected by the cover.
For example, a Dralasite ducks behind a metal
dumpster in an alley while being fired upon by
Sathar agents. He pokes his head and right arm
around the corner to fire. An enemy shoots at him
and rolls a hit location of 9, the leg. If that foe
cannot bump the hit location up to 0, 4, or 5, the
shot will hit the dumpster instead.

==Targeting==
{| align="right"
|-
|style="background: navy; color: white;"|'''Aim Location'''
|style="background: navy; color: white;"|'''Modifier'''
|-
|Head
|align="center"|-15
|-
|style="background: #eeeeee;"|Chest or Abdomen
|style="background: #eeeeee;" align="center"|+0
|-
|Arm or Leg
|align="center"|-5
|-
|style="background: #eeeeee;"|Hand
|style="background: #eeeeee;" align="center"|-10
|}
If desired, you can specifically target a single hit
location. For example, you might want to shoot
your target’s hand so he drops his gun. To
accomplish this task, you’ll use these rules. The
following table summarizes the penalties associated
with aiming at a body location.

Note that if you spend an entire turn concentrating
and steadying your aim, the rules give you a +15
modifier to hit. This can be used to help offset the
aiming penalties derived from this table.
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==Aiming at Things==
If your referee allows, you can aim at items held by
your target, or something he is wearing or near.
This would have penalties and effects determined by
the referee and are beyond the scope of this article.

==Permanent Injuries==
If the referee wants to be particularly nasty to his
players, he can invoke this rule. Any time your
character is hit for more than half his maximum
Stamina score, he has a chance to sustain
permanent injuries.

After a fight is over, and the bandaging begins, any
injury you have (derived from the injury effects
described above) to a hand, arm, or leg might end
up becoming more of a long-term problem for your
character. Roll 1d10 for each injured hit location.
On a roll of 1, that injury is more severe.

From that point forward, you’ll have a -5 penalty to
any action that involves that hand, arm, or leg. This
is additive, many injuries over time will make this
penalty get worse and worse (the second injury that
gets serious will turn into a -10 penalty, etc.) No
amount of surgery will correct this (although if your
campaign allows, cybernetic replacement or
augmentation may be possible). When your penalty
to a body area gets greater than half your maximum
Stamina, that body part may need amputated!

Hit Location - Revision history

Terl obar at 20:02, 10 March 2010

Terl obar: Created page with '''inspired by Andrew L. Chang – aka Fu-Man Chu'' The Star Frontiers combat system is designed to be simple and general. We don’t normally care exactly where we get hit, only…'