another stupid question

Megapope · 01-19-2005, 04:43 AM

Where in the In Nomine book does it explain how Toughness works?

I love the game... hate how the book is laid out. -_-

EDG · 01-19-2005, 07:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Megapope

Where in the In Nomine book does it explain how Toughness works?

I'm not sure the core rules do explain how Toughness works. Night Music and the Corporeal Player's Guide both have rules for Toughness, as I recall.

According to the FAQ, you calculate a human's Body hits using the formula

(Corporeal Forces + Toughness) x Strength

and treat the human's "vessel level" as 1 for the purposes of determining death (that is, a human with no Toughness goes unconscious at 0 Body hits and dies at -Strength Body hits). Toughness also adds to the number of Body hits a human can take after unconsciousness, so a human with 2 Corporeal Forces, 2 Toughness, and 5 Strength would have 20 Body hits ((2+2) x 5), go unconscious when his Body hits were reduced to 0, and die when his Body hits were reduced to -7 (5+2). Without the Toughness, he has 10 Body hits ((2+0) x 5) and dies at -5 Body hits.

Archangel Beth · 01-19-2005, 07:53 PM

Toughness was the errata added to the second printing (blue hardback, grayscale interior illustrations). It should be in the errata, but it doesn't seem to be on the online errata. Mrphl.

(I did not do the minor revisions to the second printing. At the time they decided to do the second printing, I was in the hospital with a 2 months premature baby, and they didn't even tell me about it until it was a done deal.)

I need to go beat the errata coordinator. *evil smile*

Anyway, Toughness is in the Corporeal Player's Guide, which is not accessible to me at this instant. Mrphl again.

Megapope · 01-19-2005, 08:54 PM

Yeah, I finally figured out that it was only available to mortal characters. Huzzah for the F&Q!

Seriously though, the book's layout could be a leetle better. Price you pay for greatness, I guess.

Archangel Beth · 01-20-2005, 06:16 AM

Believe me, the best thing I can say about the layout is that it's "quaint" and I am wondering what the original editors were smoking.

It's a known bug. Mayhap at some point I will be able to fix it, after the current printing sells out... (GURPS In Nomine has some of my ideas for layout changes in it.)

milliken · 01-20-2005, 10:49 AM

Maybe it should become an e23 product, and be hyperlinked... that could make it even easier to navigate.

---Walter

01-19-2005, 04:43 AM	#1
Megapope Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: New Zealand	another stupid question Where in the In Nomine book does it explain how Toughness works? I love the game... hate how the book is laid out. -_- __________________ "The shop keeper and his son were a different story altogether. I had to beat them to death with their own shoes." Frothy Rantings!

01-19-2005, 07:53 PM	#3
Archangel Beth In Nomine Line Editor Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Frozen Wastelands of NH	Re: another stupid question Toughness was the errata added to the second printing (blue hardback, grayscale interior illustrations). It should be in the errata, but it doesn't seem to be on the online errata. Mrphl. (I did not do the minor revisions to the second printing. At the time they decided to do the second printing, I was in the hospital with a 2 months premature baby, and they didn't even tell me about it until it was a done deal.) I need to go beat the errata coordinator. evil smile Anyway, Toughness is in the Corporeal Player's Guide, which is not accessible to me at this instant. Mrphl again. __________________ --Beth Shamelessly adding Superiors: Lilith, GURPS Sparrials, and her fiction page to her .sig (the latter is not precisely gaming related)

01-19-2005, 08:54 PM	#4
Megapope Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: New Zealand	Re: another stupid question Yeah, I finally figured out that it was only available to mortal characters. Huzzah for the F&Q! Seriously though, the book's layout could be a leetle better. Price you pay for greatness, I guess. __________________ "The shop keeper and his son were a different story altogether. I had to beat them to death with their own shoes." Frothy Rantings!

01-20-2005, 06:16 AM	#5
Archangel Beth In Nomine Line Editor Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Frozen Wastelands of NH	Re: another stupid question Believe me, the best thing I can say about the layout is that it's "quaint" and I am wondering what the original editors were smoking. It's a known bug. Mayhap at some point I will be able to fix it, after the current printing sells out... (GURPS In Nomine has some of my ideas for layout changes in it.) __________________ --Beth Shamelessly adding Superiors: Lilith, GURPS Sparrials, and her fiction page to her .sig (the latter is not precisely gaming related)

01-20-2005, 10:49 AM	#6
milliken Join Date: Aug 2004	Re: another stupid question Maybe it should become an e23 product, and be hyperlinked... that could make it even easier to navigate. ---Walter