[RPM] Shrinking a Planet?

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Originally Posted by Ghostdancer

Remember it gets to resist with its HT+SM...so...good luck (see Afflictions and Inanimate Objects, GURPS Powers, p. 40))

Edit: I talk about this a bit on my blog.

Rolling a 17 or an 18 still results in a failed save, right? So for anything greater then SM+6 the bigger SM doesn't matter. Basically the Rule of 16 applies to the resistance roll.