diff --git a/lang/en.json b/lang/en.json
index e088df6..cf8b6f3 100644
--- a/lang/en.json
+++ b/lang/en.json
@@ -468,6 +468,7 @@
   "RINGBRP.Loc.Header": "Hit location",
   "RINGBRP.Loc.Grounded": "{name} comes down. A flyer with a hole in a wing is a ground animal — {plan} now, and it fights as one for the rest of the scene.",
   "RINGBRP.Loc.NoTarget": "No target — damage rolled, but nothing was hit. Target a token and roll damage again to place the blow.",
+  "RINGBRP.Loc.NoTargetPlaced": "No target: the blow is placed but nothing is applied. Target a token to take the damage off.",
   "RINGBRP.Loc.RollHint": "Roll 1D20 for a hit location on this anatomy",
   "RINGBRP.Tab.Anatomy": "Anatomy",
   "RINGBRP.Sheet.LocationNote": "A blow meeting a location's maximum disables it; twice that destroys it. Damage also comes off general hit points, so the two readings always agree.",
@@ -735,6 +736,10 @@
   "RINGBRP.React.ReadinessSkill": "from training",
   "RINGBRP.React.ReadinessInt": "from wits",
   "RINGBRP.Chat.RollDamage": "Roll damage",
+  "RINGBRP.Chat.RollDamageHumanoid": "Humanoid",
+  "RINGBRP.Chat.RollDamageQuadruped": "Quadruped",
+  "RINGBRP.Chat.DamageHumanoidHint": "Roll damage, then a hit location on a humanoid. A targeted token uses its own anatomy.",
+  "RINGBRP.Chat.DamageQuadrupedHint": "Roll damage, then a hit location on a quadruped. A targeted token uses its own anatomy.",
   "RINGBRP.Chat.DamageByBand": "by range band",
   "RINGBRP.Chat.DamageCritical": "maximum damage, armour ignored",
   "RINGBRP.Chat.DamageSpecial": "armour counts half",
diff --git a/ringbrp.mjs b/ringbrp.mjs
index 92e7205..95a5910 100644
--- a/ringbrp.mjs
+++ b/ringbrp.mjs
@@ -5950,7 +5950,8 @@ function damageTargetFor(explicit = null) {
  * token and the blow lands somewhere.
  */
 export async function rollWeaponDamage({ actor = null, weapon, level = "success", band = null,
-                                         bonus = "", target = null, locate = true } = {}) {
+                                         bonus = "", target = null, locate = true,
+                                         plan = null } = {}) {
   if (!weapon) return null;
   const d = weapon.system?.damage ?? {};
   let formula = d.formula || "1d6";
@@ -6004,6 +6005,21 @@ export async function rollWeaponDamage({ actor = null, weapon, level = "success"
     if (victim) {
       await hitLocationRoll({ target: victim, damage: roll.total,
                               mode: locationModeFor(weapon), level });
+    } else if (plan) {
+      // The attack card's humanoid / quadruped buttons. With nobody targeted the blow
+      // is still placed on the body plan the player chose, so the GM can narrate it,
+      // but nothing is applied. A target always uses its own sheet's anatomy instead,
+      // because its location hit points are keyed to that table.
+      const mode = locationModeFor(weapon);
+      const r = await new Roll("1d20").evaluate();
+      const loc = locationFor(r.total, plan, mode);
+      const content = await rbRenderTemplate("systems/ringbrp/templates/chat-location.hbs", {
+        roll: r.total, mode, preview: true,
+        locationLabel: game.i18n.localize(loc.label),
+        speciesLabel: game.i18n.localize(RINGBRP.locationTables[plan]?.label ?? ""),
+        damage: roll.total
+      });
+      await r.toMessage({ speaker: ChatMessage.getSpeaker({ actor: actor ?? undefined }), content });
     } else {
       // Say so rather than failing quietly. A GM who meant to target somebody needs
       // to know the blow went nowhere, and one who did not is told how to make it.
@@ -6490,8 +6506,11 @@ async function _onChatDamage(ev) {
                           : game.actors.get(f.actorId);
   const weapon = actor?.items?.get(f.weaponId);
   if (!weapon) return ui.notifications?.warn(game.i18n.localize("RINGBRP.Notify.NoWeapon"));
-  btn.disabled = true;                       // one damage roll per hit
-  await rollWeaponDamage({ actor, weapon, level: f.level });
+  // One damage roll per hit, whichever body plan was chosen.
+  btn.closest(".rb-chat-damage")?.querySelectorAll("[data-action='chat-damage']")
+     .forEach(b => { b.disabled = true; });
+  const plan = btn.dataset.plan in RINGBRP.locationTables ? btn.dataset.plan : null;
+  await rollWeaponDamage({ actor, weapon, level: f.level, plan });
 }
 
 // v13 renamed this and warns on every message if the old name is registered, so
diff --git a/styles/ringbrp.css b/styles/ringbrp.css
index c053c48..f683431 100644
--- a/styles/ringbrp.css
+++ b/styles/ringbrp.css
@@ -1324,6 +1324,7 @@
 }
 .rb-dmg-btn:hover:not(:disabled) { background: var(--rb-yellow); color: var(--rb-panel); }
 .rb-dmg-btn:disabled { opacity: 0.45; cursor: default; }
+.rb-dmg-btn i { margin-right: 4px; }
 .rb-dmg-note { font-size: 0.75rem; font-style: italic; color: var(--rb-muted, #9fb0d9); }
 
 /* Carried but not worn — the ARMOUR box says why it reads zero */
diff --git a/templates/chat-location.hbs b/templates/chat-location.hbs
index b79eabc..fe2d0c3 100644
--- a/templates/chat-location.hbs
+++ b/templates/chat-location.hbs
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@
   <div class="rb-chat-result">
     <span class="rb-loc-name">{{locationLabel}}</span>
     <span class="rb-loc-dmg">{{damage}}</span>
-    <span class="rb-loc-of">{{taken}} / {{max}}</span>
+    {{#unless preview}}<span class="rb-loc-of">{{taken}} / {{max}}</span>{{/unless}}
   </div>
   {{#if effect}}<p class="rb-loc-effect">{{effect}}</p>{{/if}}
+  {{#if preview}}<p class="rb-loc-effect">{{localize "RINGBRP.Loc.NoTargetPlaced"}}</p>{{/if}}
   {{#if majorWound}}<p class="rb-wound-loss">{{localize "RINGBRP.Wound.Header"}}</p>{{/if}}
 </div>
diff --git a/templates/chat-roll.hbs b/templates/chat-roll.hbs
index 03c850d..c146c51 100644
--- a/templates/chat-roll.hbs
+++ b/templates/chat-roll.hbs
@@ -22,8 +22,15 @@
   </div>
   {{#if damage}}
     <div class="rb-chat-damage">
-      <button type="button" class="rb-dmg-btn" data-action="chat-damage">
-        {{localize "RINGBRP.Chat.RollDamage"}} <strong>{{damage.label}}</strong>
+      <button type="button" class="rb-dmg-btn" data-action="chat-damage" data-plan="baseline"
+              title="{{localize "RINGBRP.Chat.DamageHumanoidHint"}}">
+        <i class="fa-solid fa-person" aria-hidden="true"></i>
+        {{localize "RINGBRP.Chat.RollDamageHumanoid"}} <strong>{{damage.label}}</strong>
+      </button>
+      <button type="button" class="rb-dmg-btn" data-action="chat-damage" data-plan="quadruped"
+              title="{{localize "RINGBRP.Chat.DamageQuadrupedHint"}}">
+        <i class="fa-solid fa-paw" aria-hidden="true"></i>
+        {{localize "RINGBRP.Chat.RollDamageQuadruped"}} <strong>{{damage.label}}</strong>
       </button>
       {{#if damage.critical}}<span class="rb-dmg-note">{{localize "RINGBRP.Chat.DamageCritical"}}</span>{{/if}}
       {{#if damage.special}}<span class="rb-dmg-note">{{localize "RINGBRP.Chat.DamageSpecial"}}</span>{{/if}}