No, not the ideal way to spring this on you guys I know, but I've not been a fan of 5e's interpretation of subdual. You're basically pulling your punches and not using your weapons to their full extent, if at all. SO the idea of doing max damage is weird to me. It's also vague sentence and open to tom-fuckery. Like, according to page 198, you can take something crazy like a morning star, or a crazy flaming longsword, whack someone but still claim subdual damage despite hitting them with 2 inch spikes or setting them on fire.<br/><br/>Basically in my own games I handle subdue one of two ways, either by treating the defender as if they have resistance, or threating the attacked like an unarmed strike/improvised weapon.