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Lord Ben
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 11:37 am    Post subject: Melee Damage Reply with quote

Does Melee damage go down the more actions you take?
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 12:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

No, only the actions.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 11:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ditto.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 12:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The number of dice needed to try and accomplish the actions goes down, the damage itself remains the same.
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 7:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here's a question- what about injuries? If a character is wounded and has -1D to their stats, would that affect their physical strength and thus their Melee damage?
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 7:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Under the RAW it should, I believe, although I don't run it that way.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 12:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

To deal damage.. yes.. To soak damage.. no..
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 11:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

garhkal wrote:
To deal damage.. yes.. To soak damage.. no..


Page 97 of the Revised and Expanded rules says -
Quote:
The character suffers
a penalty of -1D to skill and attribute rolls until he heals
(through medpacs or natural rest).

I'm not seeing an exception for soaking damage, only for making natural healing rolls to recover from damage. I play it the way garhkal indicated, but I'm not seeing a citation in the rules to support that interpretation. Anyone?
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 11:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This was already discussed in the Official Rules area. Here is the appropriate post by entropy.

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I know we've strayed from the topic into the area of wounding specific body parts, but I happened to be looking up something in 2nd edition revised and expanded, and came across this:

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A character always rolls his or her full strength to resist damage (even if wounded), although disease and other circumstances may reduce a character's strength dice.



It's on page 80, 6th bullet point under free actions. You don't need a house rule for this.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 1:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You know, having been RPGing since 1998, I didn't think I could feel like such a noob, but... can I ask you fellas to define RAW and 'soak damage,' or direct me to a glossary wherein I could glean their meanings? Embarassed
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 5:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

RAW is shorthand for Rules As Written.

Soak damage is the roll that is used to resist damage inflicted upon the character. Thus, it means rolling Strength + any armor to resist the damage.

Deal damage is the roll that inflicts the damage. For most ranged weapons it's a die amount, like 4D or 3D+2. Melee weapons inflict STR+weapon damage. So a weapon that does STR+1D damage is rolling the Strength dice and adding 1D to it.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 5:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thank you. What about... was it 'MAP' that I've been seeing thrown around a lot here? MA...something. Smile Probably another unfamiliar term for a familiar concept, but I haven't been able to decipher it from context, either.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 6:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Zarm R'keeg wrote:
Thank you. What about... was it 'MAP' that I've been seeing thrown around a lot here? MA...something. Smile Probably another unfamiliar term for a familiar concept, but I haven't been able to decipher it from context, either.


MAP: Multiple Action Penalty

The penalty you take for taking more than one action in a round (2 actions -1D, 3 actions -2D, etc). I had to figure that one out too, hadn't heard it until I came here.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 6:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ah, yes. MAP: what every player tries to weasel out of every time. Smile
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 8:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm surprised this site doesn't have a 'stickied' thread somewhere with this sort of lexicon/language, to help out all the newbies.
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