Re: [HOE] AP vs. Force Field

[Theo McGuckin <tsm@jlab.org>]

> Yes, that is what Waste Warriors says about AP and Soft Armor. I
> assume then that Force Field acts like Soft Armor except that it
> always offer protection. A syker with some luck on his blastin' roll
> will be very difficult to harm while the FF remains. Hmmm, if he has
> no other armor the attacker's bullets will lose a damage die too since
> the syker is "unarmored" AND the FF will still reduce the damage after
> that. This is interesting, FF becomes better than having a "real"
> forcefield (junker or doomsayer variant) as those can be negated by AP
> attacks while the protection offered by FF can't be negated by any(?)
> weapon.

Which is balanced, of course, by the fact that the power costs 1 strain
every 5 seconds. That, and you could wind up with a mighty 5 points of
Force Field if you roll poorly.

Theo McGuckin - SysAdmin, JLab, Safety Warden (Bldg. 85)


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