Re: [HoE] Re: [hoe-digest.20000104]

[Allan Seyberth <darious@darious.com>]

>As someone pointed out, overpenetration causes LESS damage, not more.  So,
I'd
>have a shot overpenetrate when the damage dice "go bust."  The damage is
still
>applied to the target, but there might be a chance of hitting someone more or
>less directly behind the target. Remember that an overpenetrating bullet
won't
>necessarily continue in a straight line after exiting; it could bounce off a
>bone or something, and the hydrodynamics of a human body can be
unpredictable.

Yeah - I think that it's in the accumulated rulings defending the lower
damage for overpenetration.  But even an overpenetration shot can kill.  :-)

> Also, lowering the die type on an exiting shot might be a good idea.  More
>technically-minded Marshals might increase the bleedin' damage, since there's
>two hole instead of one in the target, too...

So. . . would you say that a person counts as one level of armor?  :-)

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Allan Seyberth
darious@darious.com

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