Re: [HoE] Massive Damage, Please Help

[darklord@dark-sky.net]

Jay E Treat III wrote:

> According to darklord@dark-sky.net:
> |
> | Ok, me and a few buds just got started with HoE, and we ran into a
> | problem that hadn't really come up in all of our playing of
> | Deadlands.... Working out massive damage with lots of armor.
>
>         Not sure why this needs a spoiler, but...
>
> | For Example this happened in our last session:
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> | Ok, Automation 28 yards down the street just took it's 5th wound to the
> | guts, and Kaboom, it blows up.  Now there is player A in his truck
> | (truck has armor 1) wearing kevlar and an armored duster (armor 2 and
> | -4), Player B behind the truck wearing kevlar (armor 2) and NPC C also
> | behind the truck.
> |
> | Now, how is the damage worked out?!  How does the truck fit into this?
> | Is damage rolled for the guy in the truck or do you just roll damage for
> | the truck and he takes whatever hits the passenger area?  Does the Truck
> | provide cover to those behind it?  If so, how much and how does that
> | affect it's durability?  And how does Kevlar and armored dusters work
> | into this? I'm guessing that they don't reduce die types since they
> | don't cover the entire body.
> |
> | Can Anyone explain how this would all work out?
> | Thanks in Advance
> | Dirk "Ouch" R.
>
>         First piece of advice.  Rules, though inspired by reality or
> genre, are, in the end, arbitrary.  Therefore, Any judgement you make as
> the marshal so long as it is done in a reasonable fashion, is just as good
> as a published rule.  IOW, Fake it.
>         Second piece of advice.  Apply the damage to the truck.  If it
> blows up itself, they're all dead.  Otherwise, proceed thusly:  Guy in
> truck takes full wounds -3 (2 for armor, one for truck).  Guy behind truck
> takes full wounds -3 (2 for armor, one for truck).  NPC takes full wounds
> -1.
> _____________________________________________________________________________
> Jay E. Treat III                                    jayson@ccat.sas.upenn.edu
>

What about the Armored Duster the Guy in the Truck is wearing (armor of -4)  does
that affect massive damage in any way?  And it just doesn't seem fair that the
guy i the truck takes full damage (- the armor) when he has almost complete cover
in the truck (cept for the open window he was shooting out of)
What does everyone else think?

Dirk