[Rq-rules] *** JUNK MAIL ***Re: Deadliness

[Wayne Shaw]

>The thing is, even in RQ this wouldn't have happened (assuming the 
>GM didn't cheat). A heavily armed and armored, relatively 
>experienced, high-HP death knight taken out by one or two hits from 
>a pitchfork wielded by a mere farmer? Even if the farmer 
>criticalled, the death knight's hit points and CON should have 
>allowed him to avoid instant death.

Dunno about that.  A pitchfork is clearly an impaling weapon, and as 
such can get some pretty nasty result.  I'd expect it to be at least 
equivelent to a shortspear.  Assuming the former was a fairly strong 
guy (not an unreasonable expectation with a farmer), you're talking 
about a case where, depending on which version of the rules you were 
talking, you were either doing 2d8+2+1d4 or 1d8+10+1d4.  It needed a 
pretty robust target to count on not getting killed by that with no 
armor relevant.