I'm still not fond of it being a perk. I think it should be like most other games with gore, and just have it as a toggle in the options menu. It can come with it turned off my default, but for those who enjoy it should be able to turn it on. Spending a perk point for decapitation seems kind of silly, but I know I'm going to do it. It will make the feel of the game more realistic to me, and gore can be appealing if it's done right, and in somewhat of a realistic manner.

Awesome!

That said, why only one handed?...I'm pretty sure you can sever a head with a claymore

Yes, I know that they don't need to release every bit of information, because it's aTES game, made by BGS.

But they should. That's basic stuff all of us will know 10 minutes after installing the game, so why not tell us now, so we have some character planning to do instead of spamming the forums with complaints, praises, speculations and pure nonsense, just to pass the time until the game is released. Bioware/EA isn't an indie company either, but they released not only more info about DA:O, but also a facegen ap and even a quite nice browser game to showcase the system.

If *you* personally don't want info about the game you are about to buy, then feel free to avoid those threads, but don't speak for all of us.

Unless it's a finishing move. :hubbahubba:

The two-handed perk is "Limbsplitter"

You still need to pick that perk to even have a chance for it to occur. Finishing move, or not.

I'll definitely take this perk. I'm a pacifist.

and gut spiller and skull splitter

and brain masher

SOME MANY BEAUTIFUL POSSIBILITIES :ahhh:

I wonder if you can collect heads viking and celtic style. would be sick! probably not tho.

Makes sense, two-handed swords are brute-force bludgeoning weapons, it would be quite easy to sever an arm, but rather hard to sever the head (instead of splitting it)

Still, I hope it's some kind of insta-dead-chance perk and not just a gore-setting that ended up in the character stats.

That's one perk I will avoid.

I didn't see any decapition-related perks in the one-handed perk tree. It might be the "Stand and Deliver" perk.

If decapitation is in the engine, modders will certainly be able to add decapitation for two handed weapons. Modders added decapitation and dismemberment into Morrowind which had no built in mechanism to handle it.

That sounds freaking fantastic!

Now I really hope I'll get to play an uncensored version of the game.

Its either savage blows or the unnamed top of the line perk.. Above savage blows.. Watch the video..
And I'm pretty sure limb splitter is the axe perk in two handed

Yeah, and if NPC's have the same perks as PC, I wonder how 'kewl' it will be if your head rolls down the side of a hill with 1 hit.

I'm glad they have fun perks like this. I was afraid of all the perks being as boring as + x% damage :celebration:

Small chance of decap and only with one-handed? It somewhat sounds like bloody-mess perk from fallout..

...in 1st person! :shocking:

Totally in Fallout there were some idiotic perks but you had to take 1 at least.

That would be badass. No reason decapitation and special kill moves should be PC only.

Yeah, I suppose it wouldn't really matter if it happened to the PC. The consequences of death are pretty light.

I wonder if the game will glitch and allow us to behead essential NPCs?

Not a big deal, could care less either way if it's in or not.

I think some gore, decapitation for example, definitely has its place in games
so brimfull of violence as Skyrim, as all the Elderscrolls games, are. It can be
made in many ways. In ways that don't look too gory, too detailed. I found FO3
to be a little over the top myself and used addons to tone it down a bit. But, it
definitely has it place in games like these. Best way to do it IMO...add it, but
have an option to turn it off. Maybe even put it under 'parental controls'?