[PnP] noob questions part V - bride of son of uncle of noob questions...

[Scott M]

Ok, i replied a little too soon (and without the benefit of my books nearby).

I was asking about the "One Blow Damage" rule. As written, if a single
hit deals more than AVx5 points of damange (so in the case of leather
or quilted armor, more than 5 points of damage), then the armor loses
a point of AV, thus becoming worthless.

Increasing the DV doesn't really address that, although it resolve the
issue of DV being eaten up too quickly. So for that I agree, either
doubling the DV or reducing the amount of damage applied to the armor
(maybe apply damage prevented to DV rather than damage NOT
prevented...) would fix that.

Maybe I should just ignore the "One Blow Damage" rule for leather or
quilted armor.



On 11/12/07, Scott M <scottee.mac at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Paul. I like that idea.
>
> I'll have to do the math to make sure folks in plate can still be
> hurt, but sounds like it should work.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> On 11/12/07, Paul L. Ming <pming at northwestel.net> wrote:
> > Hiya.
> >
> >   I noticed this as well. So my solution was rather simple: I doubled
> > the DR of all armors. This seemed to work fairly well. The only other
> > thing that I've considered is is totaling up the "lowest possible
> > damage" from the weapon...that's how much damage it does to armor. So,
> > if someone makes a Hit for 1d6+3, it always does 4 points to armor
> > (1+3). If someone gets a Deadly hit for 4d10+8 (4+8), it does 12 points
> > to armor. But, so far, just doubling the armors DR seems to do it.
> >
> > Paul L. Ming
> >
> > > anyway, onto the question...
> > >
> > > 1) armor and one-shot breakage. is it just me, or does everyone on the
> > > planet go through an insane amount of leather and quilted armor?
> > > pretty much, by the third hit from anything - chances are, it is
> > > destroyed. i love breaking armor - but i thought leather would be a
> > > little sturdier than that. anybody do anything special here? or should
> > > pcs just plan to buy stock in the tanning industry.
> >
> >
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