Rules clarification: damage scaling...

rerednaw · 02-04-2018, 01:58 PM

It's been a while and I wanted to refresh my memory on how damage is determined for muscle-powered weapons.

I think that the base damage is determined by strength. Let's say a 19 ST Ogre fellow uses Thrust Damage with a Composite Bow.
Base damage before any other modifiers is 2d-1 thr.

We'll give him the Bow skill at DX+2
Now lets say he has the Strongbow Perk from Power UPs. This modifies effective ST by 2 for a base damage (ST 21) of 2d.

Weapon Master for +2 per Die.
Puissance 1 for +1 Damage
Very Fine Arrows for +2 Damage
Base damage of Composite Bow is thr+3

Final damage is 2d+(2x2)+1+2+3 or 2d+10.
Is this right? I am thinking that we do not scale this based on the ST chart (which only allows a #d+2 before going up a d)?

Just want to make sure.

Thanks!

johndallman · 02-04-2018, 02:16 PM

Looks right to me. The GM may require you to use the optional rule "Modifying Dice + Adds", from p269 of the Basic Set, in which case it changes to 4d+3.

mlangsdorf · 02-04-2018, 02:16 PM

That looks correct to me. All the modifiers except Weapon Master aren't relative to damage dice, so +6 for those and then +4 for the WM bonus.

Anthony · 02-04-2018, 03:28 PM

All per-die damage bonuses are applied to base ST damage.

02-04-2018, 01:58 PM	#1
rerednaw Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sin City	Rules clarification: damage scaling... It's been a while and I wanted to refresh my memory on how damage is determined for muscle-powered weapons. I think that the base damage is determined by strength. Let's say a 19 ST Ogre fellow uses Thrust Damage with a Composite Bow. Base damage before any other modifiers is 2d-1 thr. We'll give him the Bow skill at DX+2 Now lets say he has the Strongbow Perk from Power UPs. This modifies effective ST by 2 for a base damage (ST 21) of 2d. Weapon Master for +2 per Die. Puissance 1 for +1 Damage Very Fine Arrows for +2 Damage Base damage of Composite Bow is thr+3 Final damage is 2d+(2x2)+1+2+3 or 2d+10. Is this right? I am thinking that we do not scale this based on the ST chart (which only allows a #d+2 before going up a d)? Just want to make sure. Thanks! __________________ "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke

02-04-2018, 02:16 PM	#2
johndallman Night Watchman Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Cambridge, UK	Re: Rules clarification: damage scaling... Looks right to me. The GM may require you to use the optional rule "Modifying Dice + Adds", from p269 of the *Basic Set*, in which case it changes to 4d+3. __________________ The Path of Cunning. Indexes: DFRPG Characters, Advantage of the Week, Disadvantage of the Week, Skill of the Week, Techniques.

02-04-2018, 02:16 PM	#3
mlangsdorf Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Austin, TX	Re: Rules clarification: damage scaling... That looks correct to me. All the modifiers except Weapon Master aren't relative to damage dice, so +6 for those and then +4 for the WM bonus. __________________ Read my GURPS blog: http://noschoolgrognard.blogspot.com

02-04-2018, 03:28 PM	#4
Anthony Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Berkeley, CA	Re: Rules clarification: damage scaling... All per-die damage bonuses are applied to base ST damage. __________________ My GURPS site and Blog.