The main point is that Death will never come simply because the Dice say so. There is no "Dead" result, only Dying.
If you want to kill someone off, tell the Narrator. He needs to decide how important the soon-to-be-deceased is, and that will dictate how he allows you to kill him (Horrors! Narrativism!). Mooks and gunsels are easy: "I kill him" "Okay, he's dead". Major Henchemen might need a bit more, maybe a roll to succeed. Major Villains might even need a Hero Point to keep down (on the theory that this is messing with the story Big Time). I have an article for Pyramid primed...
RR
It is by my order and for the good of the state that the bearer of this has
done what he has done.
- Richelieu
> "Dougie" <dougiepunk_at_w...> wants more explicit death in his games:
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> >Even the book makes a small mention that some
> >characters are going to have to kill in a
> >contest BUT GIVES NO RULES or even suggestions
> >on how to kill a downed opponent
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> I think it's fairly simple. If your stated goal was to
> kill that guy, and you got a Complete Success, you were
> Completely Successful in killing that guy. He's killed.
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> At lesser levels of success he's probably mortaly
> wounded, dying, etc and you can either finish him off
> or let nature take it's course.
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> HeroQuest isn't a game where the death of one side or
> the other is the only way a combat can end, but it
> certainly doesn't make it impossible, unlikely, or
> even difficult to accomplish.
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