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Offline Tirs

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Silly question
« on: October 23, 2013, 04:34:48 PM »
 Guys, I know, it sounds silly, but I must clarify rolles about armor for game, and I can't find it in book. Can somebody give the page number or chapter at least?
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Re: Silly question
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2013, 06:44:26 PM »
'Tis a silly place.

I would like to help you, but I absolutely don't understand what you are talking about.
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Re: Silly question
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2013, 07:50:21 PM »
Guys, I know, it sounds silly, but I must clarify rolles about armor for game, and I can't find it in book. Can somebody give the page number or chapter at least?

When you say rolles, I assume you mean "Rules".

Armour soaks up damage after an attack is successful.

Attack: 4(weapon2) vs defense: 3
The attack hits by a difference of 1
That's 1 damage +2 for weapon rating = 3

So the character takes 3 damage but is wearing a flak jacket with a rating of 2 armour.

Therefore the character only takes 1 damage.

If you want to know about mundane armour, it's on pg.202

So the armour type is equal to the type of damage it's supposed to soak up.

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Armor essentially works the same way as
weapons—the rating is based on what it’s ideally
supposed to be protecting the wearer from.
Resist the temptation to bog down the game
with creating extensive examples of armor types;
the better approach is to color it appropriately
to the weapon ratings. So, Armor:2 is intended
to protect completely against most pistols—it’s
probably a reinforced Kevlar vest or something.
That said, armor does tend to lag behind weaponry
in terms of availability. Many bulletproof
vests are only Armor:1—a heavy pistol round
can still crack a rib if it hits you. Armor:4 is
not really something you find on a personal
scale, except maybe in a magical or supernatural
context.
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Re: Silly question
« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2013, 08:06:15 PM »
I can't find rules which described what exactly Armor work.
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Re: Silly question
« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2013, 12:24:50 PM »
The quote Taran posted is from p202 of Your Story, that's the rules for armor as they stand in the book.

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Re: Silly question
« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2013, 03:14:59 PM »
It helps if you think of everything in shifts. Weapon value adds free shifts to any successful attack action.  Key word being successful. On the flip side, armor takes away shifts from any unsuccessful defense action. It only counts when you are actually hit and will help mitigate the amount of damage by a number of shifts equal to the armor rating.
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