| From: | Gurth <gurth@******.NL> |
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| Subject: | Re: Helmets? |
| Date: | Tue, 3 Dec 1996 13:41:33 +0100 |
> I had a quick question based on something I read in one of the net
> supplements.
>
> How do you handle the armor rating for helmets?
I think I know which net.supplement you read that in... :)
The trouble with helmets and called shots in SR is that there are no hit
location rules, so armor protects "the whole body" under normal rules.
When somebody makes a called shot, you have to use GM discretion to decide
on the armor used to resist the attack. In case of a character wearing
only an armor jacket, this is easy -- somebody makes a called shot to the
head? Okay, there is no armor protection at all (I don't give these
"avoid armor" called shots the normal +1 Damage Level).
Helmets add +1 to the armor value because there are no hit locations, but
they had to have _some_ effect in game terms, else nobody would bother
with them. Helmets IRL can be made pretty strong, especially because they
can be rigid and don't have to conform to the body shape of everyone who
is going to wear it -- you just add padding and straps inside to make sure
everyone can wear it. With that in mind, a IMO helmet gives the same
protection as the armor it belongs to when it is the _only_ piece of body
armor resisting the shot.
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