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Old 09-22-2010, 07:35 AM   #6
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Default Re: How does ablative DR interact with armour divisors.

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Originally Posted by SuedodeuS View Post
Personally, Gurps Fan, I think that makes armor divisor too weak against ablative and semi-ablative armor. It also has the odd effect of making Hardened a bad idea - you pay more for the trait to make it more ablative. I'd stick with the interpretation that it loses 1 point of DR per point of basic damage blocked.
I see. That sounds indeed sensible, and faithful to the book's wording: "Each point of DR stops one point of basic damage but is destroyed in the process" (p. B47).

After some search, I find that this question seems to have appeared repeatedly in the forum but the designers haven't never commented yet. I think this is FAQ-worthy.
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