Shattered Kingdoms

Was that a double cleave? I'm almost sure the damage was about the half the few times it happened in the past. This/those cleaves dropped my hp from 100 to 25%. Their weapon does slashing dmg btw.

That was a critical cleave and you should feel proud you survived it.
Not a bug but a typo since the victim sees the "cleaves through your xxx" twice.

That was a critical cleave on mod stun. Did your HP freeze right there? Usually when you get crit-cleaved on mode stun any hits aftre that won't actually deal damage.

that is a typo.

A midnight guard cleaves through your abdomen! <= player echo
A midnight guard cleaves through you's abdomen! <= Room echo

You got hit by one cleave (and luckily you survived it) but I think that the message needs to be looked at.

morovik ftw.

Not a crit cleave, just a graze

No, actually that looks like a critical cleave. I still think that the output message is bugged though.

I dont think so, but if they were on mode stun it's possible i think. Crit cleaves usually a crazy message, not just disembowled, which you will get whenever you get hit that hard in the abdomen.

<shrug>

Note: The guard may well have been using a weapon that does the cleave damage type, and got an attack in following it.

Thus you get:

let me break this down for you drewbag and any other non believers

A midnight guard cleaves through your abdomen! <----through the abdomen
A midnight guard cleaves through you's abdomen! <----through the abdomen

This is the double message you get from being critically cleaved. This =WAS= a critical cleave. However, it was done on mod stun so it only dropped his hp to 25%

A midnight guard's cleave grazes you. <---this is the actual damage message from the cleave. The cleave itself only did a little physical damage. Critical cleaves are not a set amount of damage, they are a script that fires that auto slays you unless you're a NPC immune to the damage. Being that it was on mode stun however, the stun fail safe for damage set you to 25%. 25% is what you will always be taken to on mode stun with backstabs, cleaves, or anything else that does massive damage that doesn't outright stun you.

You have been DISEMBOWLED! <---this is one of two things. This is either the stock message you receive from having your stomach cleaved through, or its the damage message from the script dropping you to 25%.
I'm pretty sure its the former.


THIS POST IN A NUTSHELL FOR PEOPLE WHO DONT WANT TO READ ALL THAT.

It was a critical cleave which always delivers a double message. It was on mode stun and it wasn't enough damage to overwhelm you straight to 0% (stunned) so it dropped you to the stun fail safe which is 25%.

A male half-elf cleaves through your left leg!
A male half-elf cleaves through you's left leg!
Your left leg has been severed!
A male half-elf's cleave injures you.
Yep, crit cleave. Luckily the NPC was stunning in your case.