Death Blows for Slashing Weapons!

Did you just slay a monster with your Dagger, Sword, Polearm, or other mortal blade? Get ready for blood spatter, severings, and decapitations! Calculate your damage, roll d100 for body location, then roll d100 again to find out what happens!

Body Location

Legs 1-30

Body 31-59

Arms 60-89

Head 90-100

Death Blow Results

LEGS

1-5 You hack off the delinquent’s foot at the ankle! They shriek and hop about on their remaining foot until they bleed out and expire. Your party gains +1 to hit on all attacks next round.

6-10 You furrow the culprit’s calf wide open, exposing the living bone! They moan in agony and sit down in a heap to die.

11-15 You slice into the wretch’s hamstring, severing the femoral artery. They stare at you mournfully as their life leaks away.

16-20 You carve the con’s kneecaps until they hang by shreds! They howl in pain, then pass from the plane of the living.

21-25 You rive the hideous lowlife’s heel, slicing deep into their foot! They grimace, then writhe about on the ground and subside.

26-30 You rend the betrayer’s quad muscle, sending blood and bone fragments flying. With the end in sight, they curse you and your kind. Your next attack does +5 damage.

31-35 You chop the miscreant’s lower legs, breaking both shin bones. They sputter against the pain, then give in to death.

36-40 You cut the clan member deeply in the calf. They put on a brave face, but veins are severed and their time is at an end.

41-45 You blow rips the scofflaw’s quadriceps open wide for all to see. Blood pulses onto the ground and the light in their eyes deteriorates.

46-50 You hew the spy’s legs out from under them! A yawning wound to the thigh spells their doom.

51-55 You bury your blade in the calumniator’s hip crease! They flail wildly and give up the ghost.

56-60 You slash the transgressor to the back of the knees. Horror spreads across their face as blood pours onto their feet, and they journey to meet their gods.

61-65 You mutilate the insolent swine with a savage cut to the pubic bone! They wail that their clan shall murder your firstborn, then collapse. You must Save vs Fear DC 15 or lose your next Attack.

66-70 You part the assailant’s flesh from hip to ankle, nearly flaying the entire leg! They choke in rage as their soul fades away.

71-75 You execute the gangster with a deep gash to the hamstring! There is a sickening crack as you free your stuck blade, followed by instant death.

76-80 You slit the terrible rascal from vent to calf. They scramble to close the wound but soon wilt from loss of blood.

81-85 You divorce your opponent from life with a slicing hit to the hamstring. They leap into the air for one last time, spraying you with blood.

86-90 You surprise your adversary with a rending blow to the buttocks! They stumble backward in shame and angrily relinquish life. You may take one bonus attack.

91-95 You split open the invader’s thigh from hip to knee! Sliced arteries and white bone mean they soon knuckle under.

96-00 You sunder both of the beast’s legs from its body! They flop over in a pool of blood and stare at their lonely legs while they exit this life. d4 enemies must make a DC 15 Morale check or flee the battlefield.

BODY

1-5 You bayonet your filthy opponent in the stomach. Your blade drips yellow bile, they seethe and spit, then slump to the ground.

6-10 You stab the terrorist in the side! They gasp and rattle as their lung deflates, then submit to darkness.

11-15 You jag the vicious blackguard across the chest! Blood coats your face in a thick spray as they call to the crows.

16-20 You bisect the bandit’s belly! The putrid remains of their dinner spill out onto the earth, and they fall backward into everlasting rest. Make a DC 15 Morale check or lose your next attack.

21-25 You separate the sadist from life with deep stab to the solar plexus! They double over, retching blood, then slide to the ground.

26-30 You gash the crook across the clavicle! Blood soaks their chest, they look about frantically for aid, but there is no help for this wound.

31-35 You lacerate the traitor’s abdomen! The pink of their intact stomach bulges through the split, they gawk at it, while the light leaves their eyes.

36-40 Your blow slices the hood’s ribcage! Splinters of bone pierce their organs and they are not long for this world.

41-45 You mangle the backbiter’s side, rupturing their spleen and bursting one of their kidneys. They make a meek, gurgling sound and go to meet the boatman. You make take one bonus attack.

46-50 Your blow rips open the scoundrel’s abdomen, their guts slide out in a pile. They stare at you stunned as they expire, as though you were the ghost of their mother. d4 enemies make a DC 15 Morale check or flee the battlefield.

51-55 You cleave open the monster’s ribcage and expose their beating heart! You watch the heart race for a moment, then suddenly it halts.

56-60 You rent the animal open from throat to pelvis! Dumbfounded, they attempt to close their own skin as one closes a coat, but this is no good, and they quickly subside. Your party gains +1 to hit on all attacks next round.

61-65 You chop your attacker under their raised arm! Immediately their eyes go wide, the color drains from their face, and they succumb.

66-70 You hew the raider’s liver! Purple blood rains gently down on you with the scent of iron, and your foe fades quickly away.

71-75 You lance the slanderer between the ribs! They cough, almost politely, their will slackens, and they give in to the night.

76-80 You gouge the antagonist’s guts. Blood and excrement seep through their fingers as they clutch the reeking wound and recede into death. You may take one bonus attack.

81-85 You score the rioter’s side, slicing through skin, muscle, and ribs. Their agonizing last shriek raises the hairs on the back of your neck.

86-90 You cleft the offender’s pec muscle clean from their body! They clutch the bleeding muscle fibers and exposed breastbone until they seize and die.

91-95 You slash deep into the vilifier’s chest cavity. They gurgle and choke, drowning in their own blood.

96-00 You sever the sinner’s lower spine! Their legs give out and they crawl away from you, spitting curses until death takes hold. You may take one bonus attack.

ARMS

1-5 You shank the dirty killer in the shoulder! You must have hit the brachial artery; blood squirts out as from a small hose and they perish.

6-10 You incise the rowdy through the hand, then rip out your blade, scattering fingers for d6 feet in all the directions. Their eyes roll back and their spirit departs for Hades. Your party gains +1 to hit on all attacks next round.

11-15 You cleave the yardbird’s hand from their arm! They grasp the leaking stump in terror and melt away.

16-20 You sunder the criminal’s left arm completely from their body! They try to pick it up with their good arm but the exertion is too much and they defer to death.

21-25 You sever the cannibal’s ulnar collateral ligament and their arm goes limp! They screech and spring at you, but their body is overtaxed and they crumble into black sleep without causing you further harm.

26-30 You chop the assaulter’s arm above the elbow! It hangs on by a flap, a bouquet of blood decorates the ground, and their mortal coil snuffs out.

31-35 You split the defiler’s arm open wide from shoulder to elbow! They laugh at the naked bone and dripping arteries, but the laugh is hollow and death soon takes them.

36-40 You slice your foe’s bicep nearly from their arm! They spin in horror as they expire, loosing a circular font of blood that makes an interesting pattern on the ground. You may take one bonus attack.

41-45 Your blade rips the creep’s inner arm, becoming stuck at the elbow. You wrench it free, black blood showers your chest, and your foe departs the world of light.

46-50 You slash the assassin’s shoulder through to the throat. They give you with queer look, as though they once had known you, then cross the river Styx. d4 enemies make a DC 15 Morale check or flee the battlefield.

51-55 You score the desperado’s wrist with a deft touch! They sneer at the small wound until a deluge of dark blood dampens their insolence. By then it is too late.

56-60 You lacerate the caitiff’s elbow crease, tendons snap and their hand goes limp! They cradle the wounded arm with a cornered look, then slump over.

61-65 Your blade furrows the mugger’s upper arm exposing the white of their humerus! Blood streams between their fingers as they try to seal the wound, to no avail.

66-70 You stab the stinking jailbird clean through the upper arm! With a sawing motion you extract your blade, ripping flesh until your foe howls their true name to the nameless gods.

71-75 Your cruel blow mutilates the outlaw’s triceps! Muscle, tendon, and arteries dangle loose, drizzling plasma and vital fluid. Your foe whispers that you shall soon suffer for your crimes, then wilts into the hereafter.

76-80 You execute the savage with an upward sweeping blow that severs their arm at the shoulder! They squeal, grasp at the seeping stump, and pass into the nether world.

81-85 You divorce the degenerate from life with a mordant cut under their arm! They stagger, chant a miserable dirge, and sink into Hades. You must save vs Fear DC 15 or lose your next attack.

86-90 You rive the blackmailer’s forearm, slashing muscle and slicing bone! They bare their teeth and spit epithets at you as they depart for the abyss.

91-95 You hew off the traducer’s arm just below the elbow! They pick up their severed limb and spray you with its foul blood before they go to the grave.

96-00 You hack off your malefactor’s hands as they reach for you! They gape in horror at the hemorrhaging stumps as their life force ebbs. You may take one bonus attack.

HEAD

1-5 You rend the blackguard’s cheeks, leaving their mouth a pit of blood and smashed teeth! They howl one last time, then descend into wretchedness.

6-10 You hew off the crown of the seditionist’s skull, exposing their brain in flat stratum! They stand erect, recite a rhyme from childhood, then depart for the lower world. You may take one bonus attack.

11-15 Your downward slash separates the creature’s lower jaw from its skull! Their tongue flops out, hanging naked below a row of fangs. They look about in amazement, then their life gives out.

16-20 You slice the rapscallion’s throat, nicking the spinal cord! Their arms go limp, they stumble about as though drunk, then retire to perdition.

21-25 You cleft your adversary in the mouth, nearly slicing off the bulk of their skull! You free your blade with a sickening crack, causing instant death.

26-30 You lance the evildoer deep in the ear! Blood and pus stream down your blade, your foe quivers, speaks a few words of gibberish, then withdraws to the black realms. You may take one bonus attack.

31-35 You rip the devil from ear to throat! Their severed jugular spurts blood, blackening your arm as they float away to the infernal lands.

36-40 You slice open the traitor’s skull like a winter squash! You admire the lobes of their brain in cross-section as they give up the ghost.

41-45 You bayonet the asperser through the bridge of the nose! They snort blood and mucus in a great stream, then pass on to the realms of Charon. d4 enemies must pass a DC 15 Morale check or flee the scene!

46-50 You pierce the felon’s forehead! Their eyes stare up at your blade, unbelieving, then roll back to whites as they sink into the underworld.

51-55 You nick the reprobate’s throat with a delicate cut below the crease of their jaw! You stand back, waiting, knowing, until the blood comes. Soon it does, and your foe calls for the ferryman.

56-60 You chop into the fugitive’s temple! They stare at you with child’s eyes and mutter words of kindness before fleeing to the black lands. You Save vs. Fear DC 15 or lose your next attack.

61-65 You notch the ruffian’s skull, spattering grey matter everywhere! They shout for their brothers to avenge them, then descend into the bottomless pit. You may take one bonus attack.

66-70 You gouge the punk in the eyes! Blood covers their face, they flail about blindly and cry for their comrades on their way to Abaddon.

71-75 You fell your rival with a brutal chop to the ear! You pull your oily blade free from their cranium and they fall shivering to the floor.

76-80 You rent open the monster’s skull, spraying blue blood and brain matter across the battlefield! d4 enemies must pass a DC 15 Morale check or flee the scene!

81-85 You slit the hooligan’s throat open wide, exposing the roots of their tongue! They gurgle at you wide eyed, then slip into limbo.

86-90 You decollate the incredulous fiend, sending their head airborne with a look of disbelief frozen on its face! The headless body dances a herky-jerky jig, then crumples as though its strings were cut. You may take one bonus attack.

91-95 You guillotine the defamer with your ruthless blade! Their head rolls across the ground, grinning at both allies and enemies until it comes to rest, upright and smiling in a divot!

96-00 You decapitate the murderer with a handsome blow that cleanly severs their head and sends it flying 2d6 feet in the direction of your choice! You may take one bonus attack.