Wire Garrote

 Wire Garrote 

A length of barbed wire with ring pulls at the end, allowing the user to get a strong grip for strangulation and cutting into the neck. Garrotes are very difficult to use in combat and are mostly used for murder or executions.

In order to use the garrote, the user must roll against the Garrote skill, targeting the neck at -5 to hit (if the target is unaware, an All-Out Attack with +4 to hit will cancel most of this out). The victim gets a -3 roll to parry or ready their own weapon, with an additional -4 if they lack the Combat Reflexes advantage.

On the turn of the attack and every subsequent turn, roll a Quick Contest between the strangler's ST and the higher of the victim's ST or HT, with the strangler getting +3. On a success, the victim takes cutting damage equal to the margin of victory (x2 for cutting the neck) and suffocates. When suffocating, the victim loses 1 FP per second; at 0 FP, the victim falls unconscious.

Damage: Special

Weight: 0

Reach: C

Parry: No