View Single Post
Old 09-30-2008, 07:49 PM   #2
SuedodeuS
 
Join Date: Sep 2008
Default Re: How does Armor Divisor work vs Ablative DR?

That's a very good question. For most attacks with an armor divisor, I'd do it just like your example, with the attack ignoring half the DR but the DR only taking damage equal to what it absorbed. Ablative armor wouldn't necessarily become useless after a bodkin-point arrow got through it, after all.

The problem here is that the morningstar is magical, meaning it doesn't follow our rules. In this case, it probably depends on how the magic works - does it "soften" the armor, making it more susceptable to damage, or does it somehow "curse" the armor such that it can't absorb as much of the attack before transferring the energy into the protected target? In the former case, the morningstar would probably deal, effectively, double damage against the ablative armor. In the latter, it would work exactly how you've described it. I'd recommend the latter option - otherwise, magical armor penetration is potentially overpowered.


The take-home message is that, although the magic on Mrugnak's morningstar doesn't help in making a hole in the wall, it definately helps in squishing fully-armored knights.
__________________
Quos deus vult perdere, prius dementat.
Latin: Those whom a god wishes to destroy, he first drives mad.
SuedodeuS is offline   Reply With Quote