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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 932 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Orlando, Florida Member No.: 1,042 ![]() |
I don't have my PDF yet. So I am working only from what has appeared on these boards. But I do have to give in to the temptation to say this.
Armor, generally, reduces damage to stun. If I recall correctly, a lined coat has a ballistic of 6, and a Predator a damage code of 5P (-1AP). So let's say the shooter shoots and inflicts four boxes of damage. Because the DV does not exceed the modified armor value, the damage done is stun. This totally disregards the fact that armor does not cover the entire body. The SR3 system accounted for this lack of total coverage by making it possible to kill a person wearing a lined coat with a heavy pistol. SR4, apparently, does not. If combat magic still ignores armor and still does killing damage, then magic has gained a big jump-up in killpower over firearms. It also seems to me that this will create an arms race, where everybody will be forced to carry SMGs and autoshotguns just to overcome common armors. I understand that the stun condition monitor probably still overflows into the physical condition monitor, but the chances of inflicting 20 or so boxes of damage with anything less than a sustained barrage of pistol fire are, at best, vanishingly small. Again, I only have the SR4 information I have seen on these boards. |
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