Just a few questions.... [Archive] - Wizards Community

Just a few questions.... [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Worshiper_of_Moradin
12-09-07, 11:49 PM I got just a few things I've been thinking about,

1: How much damage would a human bite do? d4? d2?

2: Some creatures have a slam attack. What does a slam attack look like? Is it like a punch?

3: When any ability score hits 0 due to poison/ability drain/whatever the creature dies right, or is only when CON hits 0?
draco1119
12-10-07, 09:41 AM I got just a few things I've been thinking about,

1: How much damage would a human bite do? d4? d2?
No more than a d3. Maybe d2.

2: Some creatures have a slam attack. What does a slam attack look like? Is it like a punch?
It can. I've always thought of it as looking more like a double-fisted punch. If you watch wrestling, think "double axe handle."

3: When any ability score hits 0 due to poison/ability drain/whatever the creature dies right, or is only when CON hits 0?
Just Con. Everything else makes you unconscious/paralyzed.
Eldritch_Id
12-11-07, 04:31 AM Question 1:
Shark bite pressure vs human bite pressure:...The Dental Science Handbook published by the American Dental Association (1970) gives bite pressures by humans as great as 15 tons per square inch — 83% as strong as the greatest pressure recorded thus far for any shark. No wonder human bites are often so devastating — we have short jaws, powered by thick masseter muscles and armed with relatively blunt, chisel-shaped incisors...

Human + Exotic Weapon Prof. (Bite) = 1d4+1/2 str bonus?

Question 2:
I think it could differ (ie punches, headbutts, full-body slams)

Question 3: What draco1119 said.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Worshiper_of_Moradin 12-09-07, 11:49 PM	I got just a few things I've been thinking about, 1: How much damage would a human bite do? d4? d2? 2: Some creatures have a slam attack. What does a slam attack look like? Is it like a punch? 3: When any ability score hits 0 due to poison/ability drain/whatever the creature dies right, or is only when CON hits 0?
draco1119 12-10-07, 09:41 AM	I got just a few things I've been thinking about, 1: How much damage would a human bite do? d4? d2? No more than a d3. Maybe d2. 2: Some creatures have a slam attack. What does a slam attack look like? Is it like a punch? It can. I've always thought of it as looking more like a double-fisted punch. If you watch wrestling, think "double axe handle." 3: When any ability score hits 0 due to poison/ability drain/whatever the creature dies right, or is only when CON hits 0? Just Con. Everything else makes you unconscious/paralyzed.
Eldritch_Id 12-11-07, 04:31 AM	Question 1: Shark bite pressure vs human bite pressure:...The Dental Science Handbook published by the American Dental Association (1970) gives bite pressures by humans as great as 15 tons per square inch — 83% as strong as the greatest pressure recorded thus far for any shark. No wonder human bites are often so devastating — we have short jaws, powered by thick masseter muscles and armed with relatively blunt, chisel-shaped incisors... Human + Exotic Weapon Prof. (Bite) = 1d4+1/2 str bonus? Question 2: I think it could differ (ie punches, headbutts, full-body slams) Question 3: What draco1119 said.