Re: [HoE] [SHANE] A Burning Question

["Frank Janik" <FJ@onaustralia.com.au>]

Pat wrote:
>I would agree with what other people stated about ignoring armor.  Also, an
>electric or heat based attack would probably do more damage to someone
>wearing metallic armor.


An electrical attack should do less damage if your wearing metallic armor
because the current (the stuff that fries your insides) would mostly flow
through the less resistive path, which would be the armor. One visual
example of this is that if you are in a car and a power line falls on it,
you should be safe inside, unless of course the sparks ignite your petrol.

With heat damage metallic armor would still offer better protection than
bare flesh. It would tend the distribute the heat over a larger area. An
example of this is by putting you finger on a hot lightbulb, ouch! Now wrap
some aluminium foil around another finger and try again. This time it look a
lot longer to feel the pain.



Frank Janik
FJ@onaustralia.com.au