| From: | BRYAN KENNEDY REED <KUCLOAK@*******.BITNET> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Combat pool. |
| Date: | Thu, 29 Oct 92 02:34:12 CET |
> >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.
>
Wait a sec...(sound of pages being fliped)...check out page 91, 2nd
col:
I quote:
"If the target's successes exceed the attacker's, the target
can reduce the weapon's base damage downward. The base damage of the
weapon drops by one Damage Level for every two full successes the
target rolls over the attacker's total. If the damage falls below
Light, no damage occurs."
Theseus only got one more success than the thug (4-3=1) and therefore
does not stage the damage down at all. But Jake gets the same number
of sucesses against an identical attack. Why does he take no damage?
Let's look at the rules again: (Same page, right where we left off.)
"If the target's Combat Pool dice alone are enough to exceed the
attacker's sucesses, the attack is a clean miss."
Hence my examples above and below are correct.
> >
> >Now it's my turn (happy, happy, joy, joy):
> >
> >Thug 2 also gets three sucesses with an identical weapon (again making
> >it a 10S attack.) I get four sucesses, but all from my combat pool.
> >Since I get more sucesses than the thug just from my combat pool, it
> >is a clean miss.
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