[powers] Help with injury tollerance (DR)

[Peter Knutsen]

GURPS is usually quite specific in its use of game-mechanical jargon, but it is not certain that the distinction between damage and injury is deliberate. Hopefully Sean Punch will clarify the matter tomorrow.

[RyanW]

Originally Posted by Peter Knutsen

GURPS is usually quite specific in its use of game-mechanical jargon, but it is not certain that the distinction between damage and injury is deliberate. Hopefully Sean Punch will clarify the matter tomorrow.

Damage and injury are very distinct things, but if Basic isn't as strict as later books, this would certainly not be the first thing that wasn't completely resolved until after the release of Basic. Also, Side Effect predates Damage Reduction, so it doesn't surprise me that the one doesn't take into account the other.

[chimchim]

The good doctor Krom confirmed that for side effects you use pentrating damage not injury

[sir_pudding]

Originally Posted by chimchim

The good doctor Krom confirmed that for side effects you use pentrating damage not injury

You should probably quote him here for the rest of us.

[chimchim]

Krom wrote in his reply:
You definitely want to use penetrating damage, not injury, for side effects!

[Agent]

And someone with IT:DR should always have some normal DR to prevent 'mook horde death', anyway.

;-)