Death or Glory Attack: Difference between revisions

* The [[Trope Namer]] is the Death or Glory move from ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'', a called maneuver in which a model stands in the path of a charging enemy vehicle to squeeze a good shot off. Success means [[One-Hit Kill|one-shotting]] a large enemy tank. Fail: you go squish.

** This is referenced in [[Dan Abnett]]'s ''[[Gaunt's Ghosts]]'' novel ''Necropolis'', where the civilian militia resorted to sending men with demo charges to destroy the advancing Chaos tanks. When a Guardsman found out about this tactic, it resulted in the following conversation:

'''Militia:''' ''(shrugs)'' Twenty-four, of course. }}

* All-Out Attacks in ''[[GURPS]]'' are variously more accurate or more powerful than normal attacks but they leave you unable to defend yourself immediately afterward.