Question regarding Semi-Ablative DR and Armor Divisors

[Phantasm]

This situation came up in tonight's game, and I wasn't able to find a suitable answer

A character's mech has DR 500, semi-ablative. It is hit with blaster fire that do 5d6 (10), for a total damage of 35. In each case, the DR absorbed the blast.

Would the damage done to the DR be 3.5, rounded to 4, or 35?

[Zorian]

4. If the DR was ablative it would do 35, but it is Semi-Ablative. Not sure what the armor divisor would do to influence this, nothing as for as I know.

[transmetahuman]

Originally Posted by tbrock1031

This situation came up in tonight's game, and I wasn't able to find a suitable answer

A character's mech has DR 500, semi-ablative. It is hit with blaster fire that do 5d6 (10), for a total damage of 35. In each case, the DR absorbed the blast.

Would the damage done to the DR be 3.5, rounded to 4, or 35?

Since 5d can't do 35 damage, you must be talking about a total of smaller damage, multiple attacks, right? Maybe it would help if you listed attack-by-attack damage, for examples' sake.

My impulse is to say that it only ablates by the amount of damage that is actually absorbed by the DR - four in this case, though rounding multiple hits would probably make that more. I have no rules basis for this, though.

[PK]

TTBOMK, an armor divisor has no effect on the Ablative or Semi-Ablative limitations. If you rolled 35 points of damage, then that's what you use to determine how much DR is lost.

[zorg]

Originally Posted by Rev. Pee Kitty

TTBOMK

You might want to submit this to the Forum Abbreviation Thread. What does it mean?

[Not another shrubbery]

Originally Posted by zorg

You might want to submit this to the Forum Abbreviation Thread. What does it mean?

To the best of my knowledge.

I think the period has gone to his head :/

heh

[roguebfl]

Originally Posted by Not another shrubbery

To the best of my knowledge.

I think the period has gone to his head :/

heh

I prefure AFAIK to TTBOMK, as it's shorter 8)

but IIRC is even better 8)

[PK]

Originally Posted by zorg

You might want to submit this to the Forum Abbreviation Thread. What does it mean?

I dislike that thread. IMNSHO, most abbrevs can be easily Googled, so only the SJG Forum-specific ones need to be stickied. YMMV.

[YanivLib]

Originally Posted by Rev. Pee Kitty

...YMMV.

Still haven't got that one - I know it means Your Milage May Vary, but what does that mean?

[Pomphis]

That it is a matter of taste, and somebody else may have a different opinion, without either being "right" or "wrong".