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Originally Posted by maximara
FIrst, given how flexible GURPS is I wouldn't say there is a "canonical solution" to any problem.
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It is specifically how Powers suggests handling it, and how a number of canonical examples do handle it.
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Originally Posted by maximara
Second, Armor Divisor effectively kicks the idea of loading up on DR in the head. Allowing this to have enough DR withstand 6dx10(3) burn at maximum damage (180) is kind of ridiculous.
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...What type of fire does 6dx10(3) damage exactly? You said immunity to fire, not...rainbow laser cannon?
And, well, who said immunity to major ordinance should be cheap?
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Originally Posted by maximara
Besides Magery (racial -40%) Resist Fire-20 is "canonal" as well (Racially Innate Spells under Racial Magic, B453)
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It's rules-legal. It also has idiosyncratic failure modes (if the spell gets disrupted you can suddenly burn to death) and basically amounts to 'bypass the build system because wonky Magic mechanics are stronger'.