From:	Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject:	Re: Old Age Runners (Was: Re: Sex & the Single
Date:	Thu, 7 May 1998 23:14:41 +0100

And verily, did Lander Williams hastily scribble thusly...
|hmm... how DOES 5D4 work as a damage code?

It's pretty simple really, once you get the hang of it...
5D4 >>>> 5 Power (Number to resist)
D Base Deadly Damage.
4 Staging number. The number of successes required to stage down.

So. You need at least 16 successes to remain uninjured.
4 to get from Deadly to Serious.
4 to get from Serious to Moderate.
4 to get from Moderate to Light
And a final four to clear.

(Simple, innit... Errrr... The working out that is, not the resisting that
kind of damage.... But then, with a Ballistic armour of 6 that would reduce
the number of successes to a slightly more managable 10...)
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