From:	Georg Greve <ggreve@*******.HANSE.DE>
Subject:	Re: Drain Resistance
Date:	Fri, 8 Sep 1995 11:23:08 +0200

Date: Fri, 8 Sep 1995 11:23:05 +0200 (MET DST)

> Damage Resistance Test:
> "The character who was hit now attempts to resist the damage. He or she
> rolls Body dice against a target number equal to the opponent's
> weapon-modified Strength, minus the character's impact Armour rating."
> So, here we have a ruling that doesn't mention wether or not Damage
> modifiers come into play... But, as they generally do, I'd have to say they
> are taken into consideration.

There is always someone who wants to apply injury modifiers to
resistance tests, but that's wrong: Shadowrun has got 2 kinds of
tests: Success-Tests and Resistance-Tests. Drain, staging down wounds
and so on are Resistance-Tests. The modifier for wounds is only
applied for Success-Tests (Casting Spells, Attacking, Perception
etc). I don't want to get out my Sourcebook now, but I think it is in
the section "Combat and Damage".

Bye...
Georg