From:	The Digital Mage <mn3rge@****.AC.UK>
Subject:	Re: Trolls/Dermal Armor
Date:	Wed, 7 Jun 1995 15:10:34 +0100

On Wed, 7 Jun 1995, Gurth wrote:

> The troll's natural DP has been a source of discussion on this list lots of
> times before... some people say it's really dermal plating only natural,
This is how it is IMHO

> some say it's just a +1 Body without otherwise giving any effects,
This is more or less the same thing, except I guess these people say that
against Flechette and Shot ammo the Trolls Dermal armour does not count
to cancelling the +1 Damage Category. IMHO trolls dermal armour *would*
make a basic flechette shot do only 9M and not 9S.

> others say it's already incorporated into the troll's +5 Body,
Looking at the various archetypes from FASA (although some of these don't
seem to add up admittedly) they would seem to indicate that the +5 body
does *not* already incorporate the 1 point of dermal armour.

> again have still other ideas...
Like what?????!!!!! :)

> I don't know, it's a subject we should maybe ask an official ruling about
> from FASA (unless it's already out there, anybody know about that?).
I personally thought it pretty clear, and by the way I too believe a
Troll can get Dermal Armour (cyberware):3 to give a total dermal armour
of 4. Wasn't there an example of this anyway -the Troll Street Sam or
something?

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