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Old 07-11-2013, 08:50 AM   #8
Langy
 
Join Date: May 2008
Location: CA
Default Re: Spaceship Hit Points"

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Originally Posted by night-hunter View Post
I'm attempting to run a Vorkosigan campaign. In designing the spaceships, apparently I'm missing something, as the only mention of hit points is that they are decade value from the listing as basic dST/HP in the Hull Size Table. The examples- the Ariel, et al only list this value as a part of the statistics table. The Ariel, as a light cruiser, is listed as dHP=100. This seems VERY low for a warship, particularly given the listed beam weapon and missile damages.
Nope. That's the right HP value, and it's for the entire ship (not for each system). And yes, this does mean that ships get destroyed in one or two hits and can't slug it out. Check out this thread for a big discussion as to why those HP values were given and the desire to 'fix' them, making larger vehicles more survivable.
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