How effective would a chainsaw be in melee combat?

[Faylar]

Why would you do this to us?
did we all wrong you in some horrible way?!?

 

[Faylar]

Also S-HAR-K Rounds

Selachimorpha Heavy Assault Ready Kern rounds - perfectly designed to be fired from any standard Mauser Rifle.

Our popular SHARK rounds will never be jumped.

 

[chuckdee]

Funny thing about war, you don''t usually get to choose what weapons your enemy wields. So unfair.

Egads! Way to take the fun out of a tongue-in-cheek answer.

 

[burbles]

Why would you do this to us?
did we all wrong you in some horrible way?!?

We didn't do anything wrong. This is just the version for the 'Kids on Bikes' or 'Hero Kids' rpgs......

(Edit to add the following)
OK just watched it. It wasn't the original version so maybe you're correct.
Why is it when 'Aunty Shark' entered, I kept on hearing it as 'Anti Shark' and was assuming it was some form of defense again the Shark gun??

 

[Skarg]

Depends on whom/what you are fighting. They're ridiculously heavy and unwieldy compared to a sword or spear. But if your target is unskilled, unarmed, and/or panicking but not running away, it could certainly do damage.

If you want excessively detailed rules, Phoenix Command has rules that give an answer to how long it will take to cut through various body parts with a chainsaw. If you want merely good rules, see GURPS Horror.

 

[Faylar]

We didn't do anything wrong. This is just the version for the 'Kids on Bikes' or 'Hero Kids' rpgs......

(Edit to add the following)
OK just watched it. It wasn't the original version so maybe you're correct.
Why is it when 'Aunty Shark' entered, I kept on hearing it as 'Anti Shark' and was assuming it was some form of defense again the Shark gun??

It doesn't matter where it is from... this is Rick Rolling for parents. It's just WRONG!

 

[burbles]

It doesn't matter where it is from... this is Rick Rolling for parents. It's just WRONG!

Oh, I think you mean this video?

(Warning: Given this side discussion, clicking on this link is your own fault. Loss of 1d6 SAN probable)

 

[Nobby-W]

I was on ground zero for Baby Shark. #1 Spawn was born in Indonesia right about the time that first went viral in 2016. I've seen baby shark dance competitions in shopping malls and porn stars doing it in guest slots on talk shows. We have video of #1 Spawn saying 'Baby Shark' before he went non-vocal. I even know the words and the moves and have lost count of the number of times I've done it with the spawn.

I've had baby shark for nearly 6 years and have now developed a natural immunity. Do your worst.
If #1 Spawn could talk I feel he'd say 'I was born into Baby Shark. You merely adopted it.'

 

[Agemegos]

I think the answer to the problem of chainsaws being unwieldy is the miniature-chainsaw-based bakh nagh. This is a device that you grip inside your fist, with three small chainsaw blades protruding between your fingers for enhanced punch damage and to add an effective fist slash manoeuvre. I think molecular monofilament might be involved.

 

[Faylar]

I think the answer to the problem of chainsaws being unwieldy is the miniature-chainsaw-based bakh nagh. This is a device that you grip inside your fist, with three small chainsaw blades protruding between your fingers for enhanced punch damage and to add an effective fist slash manoeuvre. I think molecular monofilament might be involved.