Re: [DL] Cover rules & malfunctions

["Nick Zachariasen" <zacharin@pluto.dsu.edu>]

> mmm - in that acse the size penalties are not big enough.
>
> Aim for his upper body: -2 for called shot,
> He hasn't GOT a lower body (Ken Branagh in Wild Wild West): -1 for size
penalty
>
> Yet the target is the same size in each case.

Don't think of Size so much as an indicator of mass so much as density and
overall resistance to damage. Yes, a guy with no legs is, obviously, not as
large as a guy without, but they're the same physical size in the other
areas. You could say the guy effectively has two Sizes: he's (for the sake
of argument) Size 4 for targeting purposes, but still Size 6 for damage
purposes. The rules mostly make sense, you just have to think about them a
bit.

Nick Zachariasen
Editor Emeritus
Trojan Times