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[Toybasher]

in the old 40d version strangling caused damage to the throat. that should have stayed in the new version. Why was it removed?

Now strangulation takes way to long.

[Footkerchief]

It was removed because it didn't make sense.  40d strangling would invariably kill from blood loss rather than suffocation, which sort of defeats the entire purpose of strangling.

[Euld]

How does strangulation work now?  And it should cause bruising at the very least, since real strangling does also.

[Footkerchief]

It still causes bruising and minor bleeding, but not to the extent that they die of blood loss.  Usually, at least.

[Toybasher]

Strangulation works in real life by crushing the windpipe, and yes in the old version it caused bleeding out. There should be a way so it causes throat damage but wont cause bleeding. That way you can just crush your opponents windpipe and just run away while he suffocates.

[Warlord255]

If it impaired the function and was tied to lung function, then it'd probably work.

[Toybasher]

Has anyone ever seen throat damage beyond brown in the new version?

[Toybasher]

I guess strangulation should also cause the neck to snap if you keep doing it.

[Evil One]

In the old version it was more about crushing the throat as opposed to actual strangulation, if you only strangled them until their throat was yellow/brown they would actually die from suffocation, but if you kept crushing harder and harder eventually your character would dig their fingers in enough to cause them to bleed out which in some ways was more realisitic and it allowed for greater control (it was certainly a lot faster).

[Toybasher]

Even worse, toady balenced it by simply making it so throat damage NEVER gets worse then brown. SO as a side-effect you cant have throats get slashed out and you can survive arrows to the throat without any danger.

[Footkerchief]

^^^ Throat damage is not "balanced" right now, it's buggy as hell.  The MAJOR_ARTERIES tissue flag doesn't seem to work at all, which is incidentally why heart wounds aren't lethal either.