House Rules for Critical Hits

General notes:

Max damage a critical hit always delivers maximum damage for the weapon.
No blow through; take all damage. For example: blow through on hand goes to arm goes to body. Only use the DR of the first body part. You can think of this as the damage is following an internal path.
GM option: chink in armor. Instead of the 'Critical Success' column above, the GM may elect to say "no DR take all damage". This is particulalry relevant when am attacker with a dagger makes a critical success against a foe in platemail.

3d6	Body Part	Permissible attcks	Hit Penalty	Result of Major Damage	Critical Success
3,4	Brain	any	-7	See notes 1 and 4 pB203	no skull DR. HT rolls are at -(dam/5)
-	Eyes	M or T	-9	See note 2 pB203
-	Eyes (through helm's eyeslits)	M or T	-10	As above. Armor does not protect! See note 2 pB203.
5	Head or Face	any	-5	No DR; no special damage results. See note 4 pB203.
-	Nose	any	-6	No DR; See pCII53.	see Note 5 below
-	Jaw	any	-5	No DR; See pCII53.	see Note 6 below
-	Neck	any	-5	PD and DR or torso. pCII53.
-	Veins and Arteries	C	-4/-7	Cutting only. dam X 3. pCII53.
6	Shield (far) arm	any	-4	Damage over HT/2 cripples arm. Excess damage is lost.	crippled arm
7	Hand (roll for left or right)	any	-4	Damage over HT/3 cripples hand. Excess damage is lost.	crippled hand
-	Shield (left) hand	any	-8	As above	crippled hand
8	Weapon (near) arm	any	-2	As for shield arm.	crippled arm
9	Body	any	0	no special results	cr: roll vs HT-(dam/5). Failure = KO cut:Use 'Bleeding' rules, pB130. imp:Punctured Lung, see Note 7 below.
10,11					cr: roll vs HT-(dam/5). Failure = KO cut,imp:Internal Bleeding, see Note 8.
-	Heart	M or T	-4	(vitals) pCII53.
-	Kidneys	M or T behind	-4	(vitals) pCII53.
-	Groin	M or T	-3	(body) pCII53.
12	Far Leg	any	-2	Damage over HT/2 cripples leg. Excess damage is lost.	crippled leg
13,14	Near Leg	any	-2	As above	crippled leg
15,16	Foot (roll for left or right)	any	-4	Damage over HT/3 cripples foot. Excess damage is lost.	crippled foot
17,18	Vitals	M or T	-3	Impaling weapons that penetrate armor do triple damage, not double.	cr: roll vs. HT-(dam/5). Failure=KO cut,imp: Internal shock, see Note 9.

Permissible attacks:

M = Missile
T = Thrusting
C = Cutting

Notes (numbering continued from pB203 so that there is no ambiguity):

Nose - Roll vs HT-1 (+5 for High Pain Threshold, -1/pt dam for Low Pain Threshold). Failure = stunned
Jaw - Roll vs HT - max(2,dam). Failure = stunned
Punctured Lung - Each turn roll vs. HT. Failure = your lung collapsed, lose one (1) fatigue per turn until you pass out (see 'Holding your Breath' sidebar pB91).
Internal Bleeding - Use Bleeding rules, pB130, but a Surgery skill is needing instead of First Aid.
Internal Shock - you are stunned. 2x shock penalty the turn you recover. Recovery roll is at HT-(dam/5). High Pain Threshold does not apply.

House Rules for Critical Hits