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trooper6 · 08-03-2015, 03:12 PM

Crushing damage is normal. So if you do 5 points of crushing damage, it is just 5 points.
Cutting Damage does x1.5 damage after DR
and Impaling Damage does x2 damage after DR.

And yeah, getting shot in the chest with an arrow or a bullet if you have no DR is bad.

It isn't going to kill you. Remember, you need to lose twice your HT before you are in danger of dying...but making your HT roll even then means you aren't dead. It'll put you on the edge of passing out if you have average health...but it won't kill you.

So...the moral of the story? Have a higher HT, wear armor.

08-03-2015, 03:12 PM	#2
trooper6 Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Medford, MA	Re: [3rd edition] Impaling, cutting, crushing Crushing damage is normal. So if you do 5 points of crushing damage, it is just 5 points. Cutting Damage does x1.5 damage after DR and Impaling Damage does x2 damage after DR. And yeah, getting shot in the chest with an arrow or a bullet if you have no DR is bad. It isn't going to kill you. Remember, you need to lose twice your HT before you are in danger of dying...but making your HT roll even then means you aren't dead. It'll put you on the edge of passing out if you have average health...but it won't kill you. So...the moral of the story? Have a higher HT, wear armor.