diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_defense.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_defense.dm
index 823e2978952..ac1ea2f9714 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_defense.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/human_defense.dm
@@ -497,11 +497,15 @@ emp_act
 		return FALSE //item force is zero
 
 	var/armor = run_armor_check(affecting, MELEE, "<span class='warning'>Your armour has protected your [hit_area].</span>", "<span class='warning'>Your armour has softened hit to your [hit_area].</span>", armour_penetration_flat = I.armour_penetration_flat, armour_penetration_percentage = I.armour_penetration_percentage)
-	var/weapon_sharp = is_sharp(I)
-	if(weapon_sharp && prob(getarmor(user.zone_selected, MELEE)))
-		weapon_sharp = 0
 	if(armor == INFINITY)
-		return 0
+		return FALSE
+
+	var/weapon_sharp = I.sharp
+	// do not roll for random blunt if the target mob is dead for the ease of decaps
+	if(stat != DEAD)
+		if(weapon_sharp && prob(getarmor(user.zone_selected, MELEE)))
+			weapon_sharp = FALSE
+
 	var/bonus_damage = 0
 	if(ishuman(user))
 		var/mob/living/carbon/human/H = user
@@ -509,11 +513,11 @@ emp_act
 
 	apply_damage(I.force + bonus_damage , I.damtype, affecting, armor, sharp = weapon_sharp, used_weapon = I)
 
-	var/bloody = 0
+	var/bloody = FALSE
 	if(I.damtype == BRUTE && I.force && prob(25 + I.force * 2))
 		I.add_mob_blood(src)	//Make the weapon bloody, not the person.
 		if(prob(I.force * 2)) //blood spatter!
-			bloody = 1
+			bloody = TRUE
 			var/turf/location = loc
 			if(issimulatedturf(location))
 				add_splatter_floor(location, emittor_intertia = inertia_next_move > world.time ? last_movement_dir : null)