Platelet Factories, Do they reduce Stun damage? Options Track this topic Email this topic Print this topic Download this topic Subscribe to this forum Display Modes Outline Switch to: Standard Switch to: Linear+

[Andinel]

Platelet Factories: Platelet factories increase the body’s ability
to handle Physical damage by accelerating the production of platelets
within bone marrow, thus lessening the trauma from large wounds and
quickly stopping bleeding. Any time the user suffers 2 or more points
of damage, the damage is instantly reduced by one point.

Can platelet factories reduce Stun damage as well? It seems from the actual rules text (the last sentence) that they reduce all damage, but from the first sentence they would only reduce Physical damage. How about Physical damage converted to Stun because of armor?

[DireRadiant]

Someone is still going to have to explain to my satisfaction why sentence 1 is fluff top be ignored, and sentence 2 is not. What happens in gear with 3 sentences? What happens in gear described where more then the last sentence has a mechanic description? While most descriptions are consistent in the last sentence containing an explicit mechanic, this convention does not make something mentioned in other sentences any less meaningful if it does reference a mechanical term. There are plenty of examples where gear has mechanics described in other then thr final sentence.

[Muspellsheimr]

Someone is still going to have to explain to my satisfaction why sentence 1 is fluff top be ignored, and sentence 2 is not.

Sentence 1 describes what the augmentation does. Sentence 2 describes how it works within the rules.
Sentence 1 is fluff. Sentence 2 is mechanics.

I can insert rules terms all fucking day in fluff descriptions of anything in the books. Would this change how the mechanics work & are applied? No. It would simply be shitty writing.



In the case of Platelet Factories, the fluff says it applies to Physical damage. The rules say it applies to damage. And guess what - when determining the mechanics of something, you use the rules.