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Message no. 1
From: 90824840@***.UWPLATT.EDU
Subject: Combat Pool and Clean Misses
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 92 14:00:00 CST
>>
>>The Combat Pool can be a very usefull addition to your ability to keep
>>yourself alive. Take this example.
>>
>>Theseus (ork street sam) and myself (Jake, physical adept) are being
>>shot at by a few disagreeable gents who are armed to the teeth.
>>Theseus takes the first burst:
>>
>>Thug 1 gets three sucesses with an HK 227 on burst fire (making it a
>>10S attack from 7M). Theseus gets four sucesses (three body, one
>>combat pool; target number 5 [armor jacket]). Theseus takes a serious
>>wound since he does not get enough sucesses more than the thug to stage it
>>down.

>BUZZ!! Wrong! If you got 4 successes and the thug with the HK 227 had
>3 successes, you took NO damage. You subtract suceesses before you
>stage the weapon. It makes a big difference. Note well though, you
>did get hit, it just didn't do anything.

"BUZZ!! Wrong!" (That can be really annoying)
The only way a shot is a clean miss is if the attacker gets no successes
_or_ the defender gets AN EQUAL OR GREATER AMOUNT OF SUCCESSES FROM HIS
COMBAT POOL DICE ONLY! *breath* Thesues from above does take the serious
wound since he only had 1 SUCCESS from his combat pool against the
attacker's 3 successes.

Attacker: Defender:

10S Damage w/3 successes 1 Success from Combat pool dice
3 Successes from Body dice

Results...Combat Dice Successes < Attackers successes
No Clean miss recorded

Defender's Successes do not exceed attacker's success
enough to reduce damage.
Defender recieves Serious wound.




-Storm

>>>>[Never welcome the calm....]<<<<

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