02-23-2020, 06:31 AM | #1 |
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([Hyper] Dense / Reinforced) Chitin as Damage Resistance
Hi,
I just came up to build a Genestealer from WH40k with a rather powerful build. What remains is the costs of the Damage Resistance. Regarding the crunch, I follow loosely the numbers of FFG's Deathwatch where a Genestealer has approx. 40% protection of a Space Marine's Power Armour. Since I take the Powered Combat Armor (UT p. 183) as a Space Marine's Power Armour, I end up with an expected DR of 0.4 x 70/50 = 28/20. However, to buy these high values of protection via DR I'd have to pay at least 28 x 5 = 140 CP!!! So ... * I wonder if there is any official GURPS damage resistance beyond the natural limit of 5, which I take from B46, for some reasoning. * Agreed to conver the setting - not the rules - I just wonder if this (rather high DR in GURPS terms) is somehow managable * I am usually told to ignore the distinct CP builds for NSCs and monsters but I'd like to apply them if possible to get a feeling of the value of the build. Any advice is welcome. Last edited by KBH; 02-23-2020 at 02:06 PM. |
02-23-2020, 09:10 AM | #2 |
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Re: ([Hyper] Dense / Reinforced) Chitin as Damage Resistance
Natural chitinous armor might be ablative or semi-ablative, or even have different layers down to a DR 5 non-ablative "core".
Also, GURPS Powers (p.53) includes a version of Injury Tolerance that acts as a damage divisor for injury received after DR. For example, a damage divisor of 2 costs 50 pts. You might mix and match these to reduce the cost of protection.
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02-23-2020, 11:22 AM | #3 |
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Re: ([Hyper] Dense / Reinforced) Chitin as Damage Resistance
Is there any kind of armor available that can go over the chitin? If not, the Cannor Wear Armor limitation would apply. And if it's a biological part of him and doesn't protect against Contact Agents, there's another Limitation.
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02-23-2020, 01:54 PM | #4 |
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Re: ([Hyper] Dense / Reinforced) Chitin as Damage Resistance
Hi,
thank you very much for your feedback. I took Can't wear Armor as well as Semi-Ablative, i.e., a final DR of 20 is worth 56 CP. That should suffice for a further test-run. |
02-23-2020, 11:45 PM | #5 |
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Re: ([Hyper] Dense / Reinforced) Chitin as Damage Resistance
Space Marines could probably buy their power armor as an ally, which makes the price of DR way cheaper.
Makes me wonder about the idea of a Tortoise buying his shell as an Ally or something along those lines... I'm pretty sure that 1-5 range is just talking about earth creatures. I don't think it's intended to limit aliens. I'd just fit them under 'supers'. |
02-24-2020, 12:24 PM | #6 |
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Re: ([Hyper] Dense / Reinforced) Chitin as Damage Resistance
Agreed. 40K isn't exactly a realistic setting.
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