[misao]

That's true, if we had wanted it to factor into combat we should have oocly initiated combat and had the law enforcer perform the combat action that causes the limb to be... well, as combat is a small part of the MUD I'm not sure if we have severed. Broken, perhaps. But we both deemed it unnecessary in the context of my character (whom I designed to be a very weak character combat-wise because she's a small girl, so she would probably lose to anyone anyway, arm or no arm) and the situation.