Random Hit Location

[Tupteq]

It's been a while since my last posting here, so hello to everyone

I'm working on overhaul of my house rules in Star Wars and one of things I'm working on is random hit location table. My point is to direct most hits to torso, with average chance of hitting limbs and slight (but not improbable) chance of hitting head. I read couple of related topics here and also REUP (which includes result 1 on 2D ) and as usual I came up with my own solution. I have two tables in mind, one simpler (1D), and one more complex (2D).

Table one, slightly modified table from R&E:

[Pel]

Hi, Tupteq! While I don't use hit locations in Star Wars, there is already a D6 hit location table ready to go from Battletech. The column used depends on which side of the target the shooter is facing. Hopefully that helps.
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[CRMcNeill]

Of the methods shown, I prefer the 1D version, but absent some form of special damage result for taking a hit in the head or limb, there isn't much point to it beyond narrative (GM: "You take hit in your {rolls dice} left leg.") If there were specific penalties for getting hit in specific parts - such as an additional penalty when performing an action requiring the use of the injured limb, or a Move penalty for getting hit in the leg, I'd see it being more useful.
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[Raven Redstar]

I typically throw 1d12.

1 = Head
2 = Chest
3 = Left Shoulder/Upper Arm
4 = Right Shoulder/Upper Arm
5 = Left Lower Arm/Hand
6 = Right Lower Arm/Hand
7 = Gut
8 = Groin
9 = Upper Left Leg
10 = Upper Right Leg
11 = Lower Left Leg
12 = Lower Right Leg
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[Ray]

I have a hit location die. It came in handy when the group stole a pair of All Terrain Defense Turrets and they kept getting hit in the ammo bunker (which was the crotch location on the die.).

[garhkal]

[griff]

I never use a random hit location that has the head as a result. Head shots had to be called by the player. GM was never aloud to call head shots, because we had an awful GM who would only call head shots with highly skilled shooters.
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[CRMcNeill]

Speaking of called shots, I incorporated the called shot rules from the RAW into my scale system, so a head or limb shot would be considered a Small target, and would incur a -2D penalty to hit, but would get a +2D bonus to Damage.

As far as specialized Damage results for called shots, a leg shot could incur a Lost Move penalty, like with ships. Maybe a leg shot gets a -1D penalty to all actions and a Lost Move (can't run at All-Out).
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[Whill]

I don't use called shots for characters because I use the damage/would outcome for hits to interpret hit location. If someone wants to specifically shoot the gun out of someone's hand (where the character is not the target), then yes I'll let PCs try that.
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[Tupteq]

To avoid long and messy post I'll respond to all without quoting.

Why do I want to use a random hit location table? Because of cinematic realism and to raise a tension during combat. Before creating my tables I read some criminal records and I found out that 60-78% of shots hit torso or head and only 22-40% an extremity. This justifies torso-only armor (or torso+head) as very reasonable solution.

I like the idea of choosing hit location depending on damage, but my players kind of dislike it and it doesn't take into account non full-body armor.

About difficulties and effects of hitting specific location, I found rules in D6 Space (p.82) that are rewritten without change to REUP (p.96). I don't 100% agree with them (only +1D to difficulty and +12 damage seems to be inadequate), but general idea looks OK.

Battletech hit location table - it's nice, but probabilities are dedicated to mech (higher probability of hitting an overgrown hands). As I see it looks very similar to my version of 2D (little more detailed), which convinces me to work more on my 2D table

[garhkal]

So what other benefits might one see from using hit locations, besides the obvious (BYPASSING ARMOR!!)..
Shooting a leg, knock down?
Shooting an arm, causes them to possibly drop their weapon..
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[Tupteq]

[Whill]

[CRMcNeill]

One glaringly useful scenario I can think of is, in the rare event that your PC ends up in a fight with Boba Fett, shoot him in the legs. Why? Because the full write-up on Boba Fett's armor states that the armor only protects his torso, head and arms (which is consistent with the films, as there is no visible armor plating on the Boba Fett costume in either TESB or RotJ). So aiming at his legs may be a more difficult target, but it's the difference between hitting a target with a Soak of 6D+2 or 3D+2.
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[garhkal]