Need Help - Re: Trauma/Doctor/Gunshot

SvilleKid · 03-23-2014, 12:29 AM

Something to consider, if you need more damage, early muzzle loaders were often double-shotted, meaning they put a little extra powder in, and loaded two balls in the same load. Because these guns did not have rifled barrels, they were not very accurate, and double-shotting the load gave a greater chance to hit your target. So, it you need a shot to hit your victim, and another to do additional action of some sort (on same general trajectory as first bullet), then you also have the option of including a double-shotted load! Good luck! BTW, I'm NOT a medical doctor, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn one time.

RGD. · 03-23-2014, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by SvilleKid

Something to consider, if you need more damage. . . . BTW, I'm NOT a medical doctor, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn one time.

Noooo - I believe we have enough damage with a shot to back, bouncing off the rib cage and leaving a sucking wound out the front. Plus I forgot to mention that she has heavy scar tissue across her back from abuse as a teenager - not sure how that plays in but will research it.

For the past several years she is all I think about 80 to 90% of the day. From research to writing to publishing, etc - so I have grown quite fond of Mineko. I just couldn't bear to have her killed off now. Plus who knows - might be a fourth book in the saga down the road.

You know, when I am writing it often helps me to use audio or visual aids. Makes it easier to describe facial expressions, movements, injuries, etc. That said, I have used a very specific model for Mineko. So if she was a real person - this is what she would look like -

Ron

03-23-2014, 12:29 AM	#1
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