Jon Hancock#RPG musing: A pulp RPG rule, allowing the first bullet wound a PC takes to be a shoulder injury, few actual effects aside from making the character wince and clutch the affected part for a brief while. Came to mind when I was thinking about the one real problem with "Mercenaries, Spies & Private Eyes," namely that the first bullet wound is very often also the last.
QHudspeth@BigJackBrass I like the flavor that brings. Very action-hero-y
@QHudspeth It may well lead to frequent comedy, with the party constantly sporting fresh shoulder injuries, but that's honestly not far from my usual games anyway.
Brian Rogers@BigJackBrass @QHudspeth I immediately thought of Steve Martin's _Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid_, where the only first aid Rachel Ward's femme fatale knew was for snakebite, so she kept sucking the bullets out when Martin kept being shot in the same spot on this shoulder.
@SubplotKudzu @QHudspeth Haven't watched that in years! I really ought to dust off a copy.