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[Johnfalcon99977]

I was playing as a human and, seeing as there were no dead mega-beasts in the world, went out to do something that no-one has ever done before! (Guess what it is)

Well, there were no shrines in the area and I had no followers so I went to kill a bandit to keep the Bogey-men away. Only that when I walked up to the villian, this strange thing happened...

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Any idea how this happened?

[atomicoctobot]

If a sword is wide enough, a stab from the sword could possibly sever a hand.

[minno]

I think it's all based on contact area.  Sword stabs have a contact area of 50 (vs. 20 for spears and 5 for daggers), which means that they can sever relatively small body parts, unlike spears.

I've stabbed quite a few hands off of bogeymen by using spears, since they're so small.

[Shrugging Khan]

I've stabbed off lots of limbs via spear & pike. I think it's a matter of strength and proficiency / figher skill.

[Krath]

Hacking off hands and feet with a sword stab is relatively common.

[xeivous]

I shot someone's head off with an arrow...

Think something was kinda odd...

[Earthquake Damage]

I shot someone's head off with an arrow...

Think something was kinda odd...

No, you're just cursed (with awesome).  I couldn't find a good clip on YouTube, so the Annoying Arrows entry here will have to suffice.

[xeivous]

I shot someone's head off with an arrow...

Think something was kinda odd...

No, you're just cursed (with awesome).  I couldn't find a good clip on YouTube, so the Annoying Arrows entry here will have to suffice.

sadly this was me learning to shoot bows, the adventurer resposible killed like 4 bandits, shot one's dick off before bleeding to death from an arrow in the heart...

[GrizzlyAdamz]

I gotcha brochacho.

A bolt severed his arm? 

The left one, at the elbow.

I am thinking of a certain scene in Princess Mononoke...

[Earthquake Damage]

I gotcha brochacho.

Righteous!

[Melagius]

I like to think of it as the body part being run through with such force it is literally ripped off and remains stuck on the sword/spear.

[GrizzlyAdamz]

 
That picture in my head seems about as logical as this.

Instead, (at least for arrows), I'd say the arrows are going super-sonic and severe cavitation severs the head/arm.
Spears? Haven't seen many amputations with those, and I don't know if I could explain them doing so. perhaps a prolonged grappling/ripping session?

[Melagius]

I get hands off all the time on my spearmaster.

[GrizzlyAdamz]

I could see that work at the wrist yeah. But peep's arms don't get ripped off in an instantaneous yank unless you get a solid grip on the bits being removed. A spear would just go through, or glance off the bone. Even if it got caught, you'd just move his arm around until you negated it's freedom of movement.

[Flaede]

I gotcha brochacho.

A bolt severed his arm? 

The left one, at the elbow.

I am thinking of a certain scene in Princess Mononoke...

Wow! I've been ninja'd with my own post!