Re: patch 2.08 is out
			 
             
			
		
		
		
		The optional coup de grace rule for AD&D is just for conveniences sake in fights - do you really want to have to roll 40 attack rounds against an immobile opponent when the outcome is inevitable ? 
 
Use of it is tempered by GM common sense though. Having some level 1 mage melee a tarrasque to death with a scrollcase in one combat round because he paralyzed it is so inherently ludicrous that only an idiot GM would go with that outcome. 
 
It's like saying a guy with a hammer wins a fight with mount everest because it can't fight back. 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
		
		
	
	
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