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From: Bull <chaos@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Heavy Armor (full)
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 17:48:21 -0500
At 01:32 PM 11/13/97 -0800, Nemein wrote these timeless words:
>---Bull <chaos@*****.COM> wrote:
>>
>[SNIP]
>>
>> Example:
>>
>> Kromagnus (6/7 no armor) is wearing a Heavy suit of Full armor (A2),
>> and the team he's with encounters a Dracoform (12/10 A3). The
>> dracoform deals 12 damage to the team. Kromag can take 8 points (2
>> absorbed by the armor, and 6 dealt to his Body rating, leaving him at
>> 1 health), though this will leave him VERY weak and vulnerable. He
>> could optionally trash the armor to avoid all 8 points, leaving him
>at
>> full health, but armorless. The other 4 points would have to get
>> assigned to the rest of the team still...
>>
>[snip]
>
>As a follow-up question, could Kromag take the 8, trash the armor and
>then take the remaining 4? I don't believe he can as the "trash the
>armor" is something that happens after all the damage is assigned (as
>that occurs "at the same time").
>
Thius is something we wondered too, but decided the same as you did... All
the damage has to be dealt at once, so Kromag couldn;t take the 4 later,
after the armor was paste...

Bull
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