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Old 12-21-2018, 01:46 PM   #1
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Default Question Regarding Hit Locations and Damage Caps

I'm looking to get some clarification regarding damage caps and hit locations that I'm a bit confused on.

My current understanding is that where a rule says "injury cannot exceed" means that no amount of further damage is applied to the target's HP. For instance, an Arm has a limit of HP/2, this means that once it's crippled it's ruined, and no further damage can affect the person using it (aside from Shock damage from further injury if it's still attached.)

According to High-Tech (Body Hits, p. 162), this includes the Torso and Groin. No damage over HPx2 (or HPx1) can cause further harm beyond pain (unless your strike hits the vitals.)

Is this correct, or am I interpreting "injury" wrong in this context, and this is only the limit on a single attack and not a total cap on the damage level?
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Old 12-21-2018, 01:58 PM   #2
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As a default the cap applies only to single hit. That is, another hit to the same limb can inflict further injury. However, if you use Accumulated Wounds optional rule, any injury in excess of the cap is lost, regardless of whether it was inflicted by the hit that caused crippling or by later hits.
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Old 12-21-2018, 02:00 PM   #3
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Ah yes, Accumulated Wounds, thank you.

Is there any reason this shouldn't apply to the torso as well with Body Hits?
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Old 12-21-2018, 02:12 PM   #4
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I think default assumption can be applied to Body Hits, i.e. another hit can inflict further injury if previous hit caused capped injury. I don't think Accumulated Wounds will prevent further injury to the torso, though. Because torso isn't crippled by max injury.
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Old 12-21-2018, 05:09 PM   #5
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Is there any reason this shouldn't apply to the torso as well with Body Hits?
There is no "max injury" to torso hits.
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Old 12-21-2018, 05:14 PM   #6
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There is no "max injury" to torso hits.
Do you have a specific reference or reasoning? See Body Hits in High-Tech for what I mean.
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Do you have a specific reference or reasoning? See Body Hits in High-Tech for what I mean.
Ah, my bad, I missed that you were using the Optional rules from High Tech.


To your first post:
Yes, "injury" is treated as being from one attack. So you only lose damage if a single hit exceeds a target's Injury Cap (HP for the torso or twice HP if you're not using Bleeding rules). Further hits to the torso are separate affairs and only limbs stop tracking damage once they've reached their damage caps.
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