val Holryn wrote:
What kind of tone are you shooting for? How often do you want PC heros to become zombie-fied? Do you care if it's a baseline deadhead or a Z'd Superhero?
I think amputation is a terrible fate in and of itself (even with regeneration) so I personally I think I'd always hit a limb rather than the neck or chest unless I wanted to raise the stakes from an ambush or a boss fight.
I'll probably lean toward gritty. But simply declaring that it's always a limb (or not) seemed like a GM copout to me. I was looking to randomize it. And again, if someone takes regeneration, then losing a limb is a temporary inconvenience. Otherwise, yeah, it would suck.