Re: [HoE] SA-XM-60 question - Shane

[Allan Seyberth <darious@darious.com>]

At 04:25 PM 12/9/1998 -0500, you wrote:
>Actually, full damage is usually the result of a projectile spending all of its 
>energy in the target. Over penetration tends to result in lower damage to the 
>original target since a lot of the energy passes straight through without 
>hitting anything vital.  It seems like a contradiction, but overpenetration is 
>bad for delivering damage (I think anyway).

Right,  I had thought of that - but then I looked at the game mechanics.  The average for 2d12 is approx. 14 - that is two wound levels - that's sissy girlie-man damage not even strong enough to cause bleeding.  It doesn't reflect having a centimeter or so wide hole blown clean through your body.  
Having overpenetration happen when either die is a 12 at least means that your average is going to cause 3 wound levels when an overpenetration happens.



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Allan Seyberth
darious@darious.com

Why did the chicken cross the road:

Han Solo: 
Crossing roads aint like dustin' crops, chick!
There's lot of precise calculations.  You could walk right into a Starrion, bounce to close to a Chevy Nova, and that would end your trip real fast