Re: [HOE] HtH damage [Shane]

["Steve Crow" <crow_steve@hotmail.com>]

> > Problem with that as I could see it is that you've got to modify 
>potentially
> > two different types of dice if you're, say, rolling 1d8 for the sword 
>and
> > 3d6 for the Strength.  "Ummm, so against AV 2 I roll 1d4 for the sword
> > and...ummm, 1d6 for Strength."  That's not just the kind of calculation 
>that
> > as a Marshal I'm too adept ta.  :(
>
>So what do you do if you use a sword against some with armor? Same
>situation AFAICT.
>

The weapon die is modified by the armor, the strength roll (as an attribute 
check) is unmodified.  Thus, in the example above I only have to "convert" 
the 1d8 sword damage by one point of armor.  The 3d6 remains 3d6.  You're 
still rolling different dice, but you don't have to do two different 
conversions.

Unless, of course, the weapon damage is modified below 1d4, in which case 
the Strength is irrelevant.

> > I believe your first suggestion is indeed what the HoE rules actually 
>say. I
> > don't have them here in front of me, but I'm about 95% sure that is the
> > case.  I've never really worried about Wind damage, but whatever works 
>for
> > you.  :)
>
>Hasn't your posse ever had to take someone alive?
>

Yes. Inflicting four wounds on someone is usually enough.  So is using the 
simplified "grunt" rules, usually, since I'll have someone pass out well 
before they take all 36 points (6 Size x 6 pt. each, or whatever).

>Theo McGuckin - SysAdmin, JLab
>
>
>	"Powerful like a gorilla, yet soft and yielding like a nerf-ball."
>	  						- Homer Simpson


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