So I'm testing out the Cutthroat maneuver and I discovered that I cannot reach the neck of certain creatures to perform the maneuver even though I can normally ambush their neck.


Me (forest gnome) vs Fire Salamander

H>appraise salamander
The fire salamander is medium in size and about one foot high in its current state.
The salamander is too easy for the likes of you!
H>cman cutthroat
The salamander's throat is too high to reach!
H>ambush salamander neck
You leap from hiding to attack!
You swing a sharp black glaes knife at a fire salamander!
AS: +136 vs DS: +34 with AvD: +25 + d100 roll: +5 = +132
... and hit for 18 points of damage!
Deft swing strikes the fire salamander's neck.
Maybe not fatal but it's sure distracting.
The fire salamander is stunned!
Roundtime: 4 sec.

Clearly, I can reach it's neck. If I knock the salamander down, I can use Cutthroat but the height of the salamander doesn't change from being one foot high. Also, I can use Cutthroat against Cave Gnomes without any problems and they are 3 feet tall.