Re: [HOE] The Syker Question-has become AP vs Light armor

["Steve Davidson, RN" <goofazoid@earthlink.net>]

Steve Crow wrote:

> >The reason that AP armor does less damage is because of the lessed tissue
> >damage done by armor piercing rounds.
> >Therefore I would say that light armor offers no protection. The round
> >simply blows through the arget without releasing its energy.
> >If you shoot a round that can go through brick without being slowed, I
> >severely doubt its going to be slowed by a parka or some leather pants.
> >It would blow through them like they werent there at all. It makes sense if
> >you think about it.
> >
>
> Unfortunately, the question initially arose in conjunction with a Syker
> forcefield (which is technically "light armor", albeit potentially a whole
> lot of it! :) ), where the same rationale isn't so easily applicable.  Ditto
> for Armor of the Saints.
>
> Then the question remains:  should an AP1 round (or AP 2, or AP4) ignore all
> 20 points of protection provided by the Syker (on a good roll) and instead
> merely lose one die #?
>
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>
> Steve Crow
>
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Well, as a player, no. As a GM (I have run other games, but not WW or HOE)...in
a word, YES! IMO it evens things up.

However I have had an idea (for a house rule) that some might like better:
For every level of AP that the ammo has, it reduces the ForceField by 5, in
effect canceling out a raise. Let me know what you think.

I also think that we need to appeal the whole issue and get a ruling on it.
--
-Steve
"No good deed shall go unpunished"