Acid Hit Location Chart (POSM)

Acid[]

Hit Location Chart
d10 roll	Humanoid	d10 roll	Monster/Animal
1–2	Right leg	1	Right foreleg/wing
3–4	Left leg	2	Left foreleg/wing
5	Abdomen	3	Right hind leg
6–7	Torso	4	Left hind leg
8	Right arm	5	Tail
9	Left arm	6–7	Abdomen
10	Head	8–9	Torso/chest
		10	Head

Location: Legs
Severity	Effect
1–3	No unusual effect
4	Acid splash grazes victim; pain distracts character for 1d4 rounds causing a –2
	penalty to attack rolls
5	Leg struck, ¹⁄₂ move; pain distracts character for 1d6 rounds, as above, and
	causes knockdown
6	Foot burned, ¹⁄₂ move, pain distracts character for 1d6 rounds
7	Armor destroyed, acid splash as 4 above; if target has no leg armor, leg
	burned, ¹⁄₄ move, victim knocked down and stunned 1d6 rounds
8	Hip/thigh burned, minor bleeding, stunned 1d6 rounds, ¹⁄₄ move
9	Armor destroyed, leg struck as 5 above; if target has no leg armor, acid burns
	to bone causing major bleeding, no move or attack
10	Foot dissolved; minor bleeding, victim stunned 1d6 rounds, then no
	movement and –2 penalty to attacks
11	Leg dissolved at knee, major bleeding, no move or attack
12	Leg dissolved at hip, no move or attack, major bleeding
13	+As 12 above with an additional abdomen hit

Location: Abdomen
Severity	Effect
1–3	No unusual effect
4	Acid splash grazes victim, –2 to attack rolls for 1d6 rounds
5	Abdomen struck, –2 to attack rolls, victim reduced to ¹⁄₂ move
6	Armor destroyed, acid splash as 4 above; if target has no armor, abdomen
	burned, ¹⁄₂ move, minor bleeding, –2 to attack rolls
7	Abdomen burned, minor bleeding, ¹⁄₂ move, –2 to attack rolls, victim stunned
	1d6 rounds by pain
8	Abdomen burned, minor bleeding, ¹⁄₄ move, –4 to attack rolls
9	Armor damage, abdomen struck, minor bleeding, ¹⁄₂ move and –2 to attacks;
	if no armor, victim stunned 1d6 rounds, ¹⁄₄ move, –4 to attack rolls, major
	bleeding
10	Abdomen burned, no move or attack, major bleeding
11	Abdominal wall dissolved, no move or attack, severe bleeding
12	Abdomen dissolved, victim reduced to 0 hp, severe bleeding
13+	As 12 above with additional torso or leg hit (50% chance of either)

Location: Torso
Severity	Effect
1–3	No unusual effect
4	Acid splash grazes victim, –2 to attack rolls for 1d6 rounds
5	Torso struck; ¹⁄₂ move, –2 to attack rolls, victim stunned 1 round
6	Shield destroyed, acid splash as 4 above; if target has no armor, torso burned,
	¹⁄₂ move, minor bleeding, –2 to attack rolls
7	Armor destroyed, torso struck, ¹⁄₂ move, –2 to attacks; if target has no
	armor, torso burned, victim stunned 1d6 rounds, ¹⁄₂ move, –2 to attacks
8	Torso burned, minor bleeding, ¹⁄₄ move, –4 to attack rolls
9	Torso burned, minor bleeding, no move or attack
10	Torso burned deeply, major bleeding, no move or attack
11	Torso partially dissolved, victim reduced to 0 hit points with severe bleeding
12	Torso dissolved, victim killed instantly
13+	As 12 above with additional abdomen, arm or head hit (40% abdomen, 20%
	left arm, 20% right arm, 20% head); it might make a difference when the
	survivors claim the treasure and possessions left behind by the victim.

Location: Arms
Severity	Effect
1–3	No unusual effect
4	Hand grazed by acid splash, weapon or shield dropped
5	Arm struck, victim distracted by pain (–2 penalty to attack rolls) for 1d4
	rounds, shield or weapon damaged by acid
6	Hand burned, –2 to attacks with that hand (or no shield use if shield arm is
	burned), victim stunned 1d3 rounds by pain
7	Armor destroyed, arm grazed by acid as in 4 above; if victim has no armor,
	arm burned by acid, –2 penalty to all attacks, victim stunned 1d4 rounds by
	the pain
8	Arm burned, victim stunned 1d4 rounds, –4 to attacks with affected arm and
	–2 to all other attacks
9	Deep acid burn renders arm useless, victim stunned 1d6 rounds
10	Hand dissolved, stunned 1d6 rounds, –2 to all attacks, minor bleeding
11	Arm dissolved at elbow, stunned 1d6 rounds, no attack, major bleeding
12	Arm dissolved at shoulder, stunned 1d6 rounds, ¹⁄₂ move, no attacks, major
	bleeding
13+	As 12 above with an additional torso hit

Location: Head
Severity	Effect
1–3	No unusual effect
4	Acid splash distracts victim for 2d4 rounds, –2 penalty to all attacks
5	Head struck, helm damaged, victim stunned 1d3 rounds; –2 to all attack rolls
	if victim had no helm
6	Head struck, –2 to attacks, stunned 1d4 rounds by pain
7	Helm destroyed, face burned, stunned 1d6 rounds, –2 to attacks; if victim
	wears no helm, –4 to all attacks and ¹⁄₂ move
8	Face burned, victim blinded, stunned 2d8 rounds, Charisma reduced by 2d6
	points, minor bleeding
9	Scalp and one ear dissolved, victim stunned 2d8 rounds, major bleeding, ¹⁄₂
	move and no attacks, Charisma reduced by 2d4 points
10	Face dissolved, victim blinded, no move or attack, major bleeding,
	Charisma/Appearance reduced to 3
11	Throat dissolved, no move or attack, severe bleeding; if bleeding doesn't kill
	the victim, he asphyxiates in 1d4+1 rounds
12	Skull dissolved, immediate death
13+	As 12 above with additional torso hit

Location: Tail
Severity	Effect
1–5	No unusual effect
6	Tip of tail burned; if prehensile, any items carried are dropped, –2 penalty to
	all tail attacks due to pain
7–8	Tail burned, lose any tail attacks; normal animals must roll saving throw vs.
	death magic or retreat in pain
9–10	Tail burned, lose any tail attacks, ¹⁄₂ move if animal uses tail for movement
11	Tail dissolved at mid-length, victim stunned 1d3 rounds, major bleeding, lose
	any tail attacks, no movement or attacks if creature uses tail for movement
12	Tail dissolved, victim stunned 1d6 rounds, pain reduces creature to ¹⁄₂ move
	and –2 penalty on any attack rolls, major bleeding; no move or attack and
	severe bleeding if creature uses tail for movement
13+	As 12 above with abdomen or torso hit (assign 50% chance to both)