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Message no. 1
From: Guy Swartwood <gswartwo@*********.WICHITAKS.ATTGIS.COM>
Subject: Falling damage revisited
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 1995 08:06:00 PDT
A while ago I asked about the falling damage rules in FoF, and someone
reference a rule for damage that have no power (0L, 0M, 0S, 0D) do no
damage. I can't find that rule, so who ever said that, could you please tell
me where you got that rule?

Guy Swartwood corporate decker by day, shadowrunner by night
wildman@******.net
gswartwo@*********.wichitaks.attgis.com
Message no. 2
From: Marc A Renouf <jormung@*****.UMICH.EDU>
Subject: Re: Falling damage revisited
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 1995 14:04:26 -0400
On Wed, 7 Jun 1995, Guy Swartwood wrote:

> A while ago I asked about the falling damage rules in FoF, and someone
> reference a rule for damage that have no power (0L, 0M, 0S, 0D) do no
> damage. I can't find that rule, so who ever said that, could you please tell
> me where you got that rule?

That would be me. This rule doesn't apply to things other than
falling, if that's what you're thinking. It is actually a house rule
that is a natural extension of the falling rules as given in FoF. It is
included to get past the annoying point that someone else brought up
about any kind of fall (no matter how short) would result in damage. To
make things more realistic, I included the provision that if the power
level could be brought down to zero (with an Athletics test, etc.), then
you would take no damage from the fall. It works amazingly well, and
keeps the simplicity and integrity of the existing falling rules intact.

Marc

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