| From: | P Ward <P.Ward@**.CF.AC.UK> |
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| Subject: | Re: over damage was (Re: Incapacitated PCs) |
| Date: | Thu, 1 Jun 1995 20:31:31 BST |
overdamage rules :-
When you fire an auto-weapon, you stage up the Damage code by +1 per 3
whole rounds, right?
That means that an assault rifle at anyhting over 6 rounds is wasting it's
damaging potential, you just get higher power, not higher wound levels.
If they can add overdamge for accurate shots (high successes), then they
can add it for being hit by lots of rounds.
So if the defender cannot stage the damage below a deadly with their
body and dodge, AND if the unmodified (by armour) power of the attack
is greater than 2x their body, they take overdamage equal to one box per
staging that was wasted earlier.
ie. 9 round burst ARifle :- 18D (one staging lost) thus 1 extra box if
you have 17 body or less (trogs only need apply ;-)) and fail to
stage it below a deadly
NB. I stage damage normally, using only the successes for the damamge code,
ie. you don;t have to stage from a deadly once for the wasted staging,
and then once again to get it down to a serious.
3 round bursts would only give you the overdamage if it was a weapon with
a base D damage, ie. normally you'd just ad the +3 power. for example, if
you're hit by a vigilant (?) rotary autocannon.
What this means is, a direct hit from a minigun will not only kncok you
down on a deadly, but it will chew you up really bad (see ,my rules for
bits-blown-off earlier). So you can;t take a one-success hit from a
vindicator 15 rounder, and stand up after with a 8 phsyical and 1 mental
(trauma and platelets) ! Unless of course you have 11 Body plus (22 power
attack!).
Drek, that was long, got it now?
Phil (Renegade: "Watch out for the vindicator Barry! Awwww, who's gonna
clean him up this time?")
