Run-through

Run-through (with weapon)MartialBasic400 hours<BR />Counts as two skills at character creation<BR />Double learning difficulty
This nasty (and visually impressive) talent has some very specific uses and requirements. It allows you to take down more than one person at a time. If you cause more than twice someone's maximum hit point capacity in damage with a single attack (even if they are still under their life point cap), and someone else is within reach, then you get a second attack against the other person for half damage. Resolve this second attack as normal except for damage (which is halved). Stabbing weapons are even nastier; if you cause more than your enemy's Stamina in damage (regardless of whether you did double hit point damage), then you get the extra attack. There is no theoretical limit to how many extra attacks you can get with this skill provided all of the conditions are met—but keep dividing damage in half (to 1/4th, 1/8th, etc.). For example, The Impaler does 20 points of damage to the helpless peasant. She can then make an immediate attack against his mother who was standing near him, and if successful, rolls damage against her (cut in half). She doesn't do double grandma's hit points in damage, but does do more than her Stamina (The Impaler is using a stabbing implement). The Impaler can then attack one of the children for quarter-damage. The Impaler thinks that having a lance with a razor along one edge is really neat because of its impressive reach and damaging capability. Note that grandma is still alive, but sandwiched between her son and grandson and sliding down the razor blade, slowly. Initially, this covers only a single weapon skill; additional weapon proficiencies must be learned separately as a specialization.
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