Cuttlefish Hit Location Table
Tompsett, D.H. 1939. Sepia. Liverpool
Marine Biological Committee Memoirs. 32: 184 pp. London. Williams
and Norgate.
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Roll
(on 3d)
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Location,
effects
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3-5
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Funnel. Treat as a groin hit
on a human. |
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6
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Eye. |
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7
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Brainpan.* |
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8
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Head. |
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9-11
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Mantle. Treat as a hit to the
torso.* |
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12
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Mantle, vitals. Roll 2d on next
table.* |
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13-18
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Tentacles. Treat as a hit to
the arm, but roll 1d6 to determine which arm is hit (assume
the 2 farthest from the attacker cannot be hit). |
Cuttlefish Mantle (Vitals) Hit Location Table
| Roll (on 2d) |
Location,
effects
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2
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Ink sac. Thrusting attacks only.
If permanently crippled by a hit of HT/3 or more, the cuttlefish
will be unable to produce ink. Meanwhile, if underwater, the
visibility in the area will drop from the released ink. |
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3
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Gill. Crippled on HT/4 (remember,
cuttlefish have two gills). If both gills are crippled,
the victim cannot breathe properly and will die in 30-HT minutes
without medical attention. |
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4-6
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Fin. Cutting or Impaling attacks
only (or Crushing attacks doing HT damage or more). Reduce
move by 1 per point of damage to the Fins (to a maximum of
4 damage per fin). (Cuttlefish have two fins.) [This location
not protected by the cuttlefish's shell.] |
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7-10
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No effect. |
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11
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Reproductive organ(s). If HT/3
or more damage is taken, roll HT. On a failure, the victim
acquires the Sterile disadvantage. |
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12
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Primary heart. Treat as a hit
to the heart. |
*Special Note on Cuttlefish Bones: Cuttlefish have a single
large, wide bone that stretches down the length of the mantle. This
bone is thick, but porous. It helps them maintain their buoyancy.
In GURPS terms, it provides DR 3 to attacks to the top of the mantle.
If the cuttlefish is below the attacker, this protection is automatic.
If the cuttlefish is above the attacker, the DR does not protect.
If the attacker faces the cuttlefish head-on or from the side, the
shell should have a two-thirds chance of protecting the mantle (1-4
on 1d).
These values were calculated based on surface
area of the various features when a cuttlefish is viewed in profile.
They are not 100% accurate. In order to accommodate the standard
probabilities when rolling 3d, certain location-odds were fudged
by up to 4%. |
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"...they should be fed daily to avoid cannibalism..."
— NRCC, John W. Forsythe
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