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Old 11-05-2017, 12:24 AM   #1
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Just noticed something odd in Power-Ups 1.
The description of Piercing Strike says "This improves blunt trauma for most non-crushing attacks..." However, per B379 piercing does the same amount of blunt trauma as cutting/impaling. So what's the deal here?
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Old 11-05-2017, 03:25 AM   #2
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Just noticed something odd in Power-Ups 1.
The description of Piercing Strike says "This improves blunt trauma for most non-crushing attacks..." However, per B379 piercing does the same amount of blunt trauma as cutting/impaling. So what's the deal here?
It means you get to treat a Piercing, Cutting or Impaling attack like it's a Crushing attack for Blunt Trauma. Don't get hung up on the word Piercing.
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Old 11-05-2017, 04:54 AM   #3
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It means you get to treat a Piercing, Cutting or Impaling attack like it's a Crushing attack for Blunt Trauma. Don't get hung up on the word Piercing.
I only quoted part of the rules text (since copy/pasting too much from a rulebook is frowned upon). The original phrasing seems to imply that the improved blunt trauma is a consequence of making the damage piercing (which is the main effect of the skill), rather than an additional benefit.
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Old 11-05-2017, 05:02 AM   #4
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Oh, does it? My memory may well be failing me.
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Old 11-05-2017, 08:10 AM   #5
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Just noticed something odd in Power-Ups 1.
The description of Piercing Strike says "This improves blunt trauma for most non-crushing attacks..." However, per B379 piercing does the same amount of blunt trauma as cutting/impaling. So what's the deal here?
I'm reasonably sure it's talking about attacks that aren't cutting or impaling. If you've got a flame-thrower or laser gun, an acid-sprayer, or a sonic stunner (burning, corrosion, and fatigue, respectively), and they don't have the damage to penetrate the foe's flexible DR, turning them into piercing to get blunt trauma is a decent tactical choice.
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Old 11-05-2017, 08:17 AM   #6
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Just noticed something odd in Power-Ups 1.
The description of Piercing Strike says "This improves blunt trauma for most non-crushing attacks..." However, per B379 piercing does the same amount of blunt trauma as cutting/impaling. So what's the deal here?
It let's a weapon that does cutting/impaling damage get blunt trauma (or be treated as pi, pi+, or pi++ for damage purposes) and lets crushing attacks damage target the vitals, eyes, etc.

Exactly as it's description says.
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Old 11-05-2017, 02:33 PM   #7
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It let's a weapon that does cutting/impaling damage get blunt trauma (or be treated as pi, pi+, or pi++ for damage purposes) and lets crushing attacks damage target the vitals, eyes, etc.

Exactly as it's description says.
Except that cutting and impaling damage gets blunt trauma at 10 per point of base damage, just like piercing.
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Old 11-05-2017, 03:38 PM   #8
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Oh, does it? My memory may well be failing me.
I was thinking of Traumatic.
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