| From: | "Gurth" <gurth@******.nl> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Cyberjunkies |
| Date: | Wed, 11 Sep 1996 11:12:31 +0100 |
> > If invisibility spells bend light, I think lasers would have problems
> > hitting someone under such a spell. +1 armor per two successes sounds okay
> > to me (before or after halving the armor, though?)
>
> Before, naturally, else I'd have said "every two successes lowers the
> laser's power level by one". :)
Ah, but here we're getting into the technical bits: lowering the Power
Level has the same effects as increasing the Armor Rating, under normal
circumstances. As soon as you start figuring in armor-piercing effects,
the two start to differ. Since SR modifies the Armor Rating if the target
gets better protection, that's what an invis spell should do against a
laser.
I think the increase should come *after* halving the Armor Rating,
because the spell has no effect on the armor itself, and in effect forms a
separate layer of armor against the laser; once the beam gets through the
spell, it encounters the Impact armor as normal.
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