| From: | Gurth <gurth@******.NL> |
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| Subject: | Re: the uac dilemma (minor insect spirit spoilers!) |
| Date: | Wed, 23 Jul 1997 12:54:22 +0100 |
> Okay, for the sake of discussion: Ant Spirit Soldier, True Form, Force
> Four. Said critter has a Reaction of _18_ on the physical plane, and its
> skill in Combat is the same as its Reaction. That's 18!
Not quite true. They have a Reaction of 8, and get a +10 to initiative;
those are two separate things.
> So you have a guy with (again, for discussion's sake) an AK-97 with,
> we'll say, explosive ammo. So, he's doing 9M per round. Let's say he
> fires 9 rounds at the bug (damage: 18D, by the book). For discussion's
> sake, let's say he hits. All right, 4 points of armor, plus 8 points from
> Immunity to Normal Weapons (unless you also assume they cannot manifest:)
> makes that 6D Ant-boy now has 9 dice (Body plus Threat rating) to resist.
> He'll take damage, but he should survive, I would think:)
I give anyone with higher armor than the attack's Power an extra die for
every 2 points of difference, that makes many insect spirits even more
long-lived against firearms...
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