Eris235 [undecided]

If the target is already captured or subdued, nothing can oneshot them. That’s just coup de grace.

“one shot” says to me that it instantly kill or removes as a threat an as-of-yet untouched and un-interacted-with target.

Yes, was going to bring up Fate! I really like systems that split damage into ‘heroic near misses or light damageless scrapes’ and ‘actual wounds’, without getting too bogged down in random tables and lookup charts.