How come small critters with high HT like cats are so though to kill?
Small creatures like cats have a HT of 14 and only 4 hit points. Because of the way GURPS is handling death, to automatically kill an average cat would take (5*14)+4 = 74 points of damage, 14 more than a HT 10 human. To correct this, use the alternate rules for death on pp. CII152. For small animals, it substitutes hit points to HT to determine when to start making death roll, and when automatic death occurs. This way, a cat would roll for death at -4, -9, -14 and -19 HT, and would reach automatic death at -20 HT. Source: Dr.
Small creatures like cats have a HT of 14 and only 4 hit points. Because of the way GURPS is handling death, to automatically kill an average cat would take (5*14)+4 = 74 points of damage, 14 more than a HT 10 human. To correct this, use the alternate rules for death on pp. CII152. For small animals, it substitutes hit points to HT to determine when to start making death roll, and when automatic death occurs. This way, a cat would roll for death at -4, -9, -14 and -19 HT, and would reach automatic death at -20 HT.
