From:	Marc A Renouf <jormung@*****.UMICH.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Partial Cover.
Date:	Wed, 5 Oct 1994 15:56:22 -0400

On Wed, 5 Oct 1994, Lawrence Tech VAXnotes Collector wrote:

> A shadowrunner was doing a call shot on a guard. The shadowrunner
> was aiming for the head of the guard. The guard was given a partial
> cover. My question is does the guard get to use his body armor rating to
> resist damage or does he just use his helmet to resist damage?

The guard gets to roll his body to resist. You always roll your
body (or willpower or whatever) to resist damage, unless you're like, at
ground zero of 11 Megatons of thermonuclear unhappiness. The trick here
is that the guard probably will get very little armor. Like 1 point from
the helmet instead of, say 5 from an armor jacket. So his body resistance
target number is higher, which generally results in less reduction of
damage when the body is rolled. Ouch. Often times, called shots are the
difference between being seriously wounded and being dead. But yes, the
guard does roll his Body.

Marc