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@Becfromthedead group

Uhhhh still not completely clear in that stuff, but from what I understand, the arm is potentially deadly, but not if taken care of correctly, and then the foot. Best place to have someone get injured for an injury that’s dramatic but doesn’t cause permanent damage is the butt, but I feel like it’s almost too horribly comical and I can’t bring myself to do it. Really, your characters could survive a shot to the chest or abdomen, but that would require a lot of medical care, and I’m not so sure how you would go about that, depending on the setting. Personally, I try to stick to grazes from bullets until I want real drama and threat of death, because bullet wounds, no matter the placement, tend to be terrible.

@HighPockets group

Totally agree with you about having a character shot in the butt. It feels too comical so I avoid it. Thanks for the advice, it's very helpful!

@HighPockets group

What book? I'm always looking for well-written injury scenes since I've been pretty lucky to avoid injuries myself (knock on wood lol). The worst injury I've had was breaking a finger bunting in a pre-game softball practice and then play in the game.

@Becfromthedead group

It’s a novel about the Vietnam War. It’s called The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien. It’s also just all-around a good book and it really tells you a lot about conditions during the war that no one ever teaches you in history class. (So I would say it’s pretty solid inspiration if you wanted to write about the Vietnam War or something similar too)

@Becfromthedead group

Also historically, that was one of the many, many injuries that happened to Lewis during the Lewis and Clark expedition.

That seems familiar. I read a lot of historical stuff when I was younger, and I definitely read a novel about their expedition at some point.

@HighPockets group

Yeah I was/am a pretty major history buff, mostly about the civil and revolutionary wars. I'll have to check out that novel, I'm writing a war story so it may be helpful.

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Samurai are not allowed to bring their katanas indoors and instead leave them at the entrance of a building before entering. They take the generally shorter, thinner, more decorated wakizashi in, and this sword they use for hitting crippling points as well as deadly ones. The combination of a katana and a wakizashi is called a daishou.

When performing seppuku a samurai slits their belly open with a wakizashi and a companion stands by to decapitate the person before they feel any pain.

Three inches from the left side of the heart is a gunshot that will not kill someone, weird as it sounds.

@MagicPhoenix

A disengage is a move used to trick the opponent by attacking a specific target, and moving in a semi-circle arc to attack a different area. It is commonly countered with a circle-parry.

@yeetus

When dealing with an arrow wound, don't pull the arrow out, instead push it through, break off the fletching and push it out the other way
(Obviously don't work for all arrow wounds, but never pull it out)

@yeetus

a scythe blade can be anywhere from 12-50 inches long
but they average 24-36 inches

In metric system:
A scythe blade can be anywhere from 30.5-127cm long but they average 61-91.4cm

@yeetus

A person has about 5 L (about 1.1 gal.) of blood in their body
(Guys please try to include both the imperial and metric system for measurements thanks)

@yeetus

When fighting with someone with a knife, aim for the throat instead of the chest because there is bone around their chest so it's difficult to go through those bones and also difficult to get the heart

@HighPockets group

I'm reviving this because it's helpful and I want to help people.
Also:
Tampons can be used to plug bullet holes, and that's why they were invented to begin with.