[HoE] Massive Damage and other random thoughts

[Draxus@aol.com]

Greetings one and all. I'm pondering starting up a HOE game and hope
the kind people on this list can help me with some areas of the rules
that I just can't seem to wrap my brain around.

One of the biggies so far is the Massive Damage rules on pg 102. It says first
figure out how many total wounds a victim takes. Okay so far. But
then when I look at the Fallin' and Fire sections, it just gives a total 
damage
number. How do I figure out how many total wounds a victim takes?

For example, Lester falls 10 yards. That means he takes 2d6+10 damage.
Fair enough, but isn't that all one wound? If not, how do I break it up?

Second, as someone coming from level-based game systems, is there any
good rule of thumb for figuring out how to appropriately gauge the strength
of the party's opposition so as to avoid slaughtering them like dogs?

Finally, is it just me or does the gray background on the Radiation Screen
make it just about impossible to read the information on it?

Thanks for the help.

Andrew Ross (draxus@aol.com)