Re: [HoE] Hubcaps and Armor Question

["B.D. Flory" <bflory@frontiernet.net>]

> At 04:25 PM 2/25/99 -0600, you wrote:
> >     A savage throws a razor hubcap (with a Strength of 3d8) at a posse
> >member who has a Kevlar Vest on.  The player gets hit in the Guts.  Does
he
> >take damage?  I'm still not too keen on figuring out the lowering of
damage
> >in HtH combat.
> 
> Since the death frisbee is Str+d6, and the Kevlar is armor 1 against it -
> the weapons damage would get dropped by one step to a d4.
> Since the weapon is still doing damage, the savage gets to add her full
> str. damage for an outcome of (3d8)+d4.

I would add that if the damage bonus of a weapon is ever reduced to zero by
armor, all damage is negated.

Take the above example, except where the target has Armor 2.  The disc's
damage first to 1d4 (lowering die type by one).  At this point, since there
are no lower die types than d4, we must lower the number of dice- 1d4
becomes 0d4.  Once we hit 0 dice, all damage- even damage that would have
been done by strength alone- is negated.

B.D. "armour is *good*" Flory