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 Jun 29 2004, 12:23 AM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 160 Joined: 16-August 03 Member No.: 5,501  |
so i want to punch through a window, do i use twice or half the barrier rating?
the book has me confused. |
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Jun 29 2004, 12:49 AM
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Traumatizing players since 1992 Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,282 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Las Vegas, NV Member No.: 220 |
twice. "Punching through" in the game sense is shooting a bullet through a barrier making a small hole and doing very little damage to the barrier. Punching through is essentially breaking through the barrier.
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Jun 29 2004, 05:47 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,685 Joined: 17-August 02 Member No.: 3,123 |
It depends on what you're calculating. If you're punching through and hitting someone on the other side, you use the barrier rating (unmodified by anything) to see how much damage the target on the other side takes.
Then when you go to see how much damage your hole did to the barrier, use twice the rating and compare it to the barrier effect table. |
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Jun 29 2004, 06:41 AM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,013 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Are you certain that it's twice for melee weapons?
~J |
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Jun 29 2004, 08:16 AM
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Senior GM Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 1,406 Joined: 12-April 03 From: Redmond, WA Member No.: 4,442 |
He's sure. He looked at "Breaking Through" on page 125, where it says that "Against melee attacks, a barrier has twice its normal Barrier Rating."
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