Armour with Differing level of Protection

[yamamura]

I am working on an idea for a campaign and have come across a problem with armour. Say I have a character that wears a Bustier/Leotard made of super spandex that gives her let’s say 12PD/12ED. She also will have super hose to cover her legs of let say around 4PD/4ED. Now I would I handle the activation rolls on this?

Thanx in Advance
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Illustration to Follow on case I am confusing:

[JMHammer]

This doesn't really answer your question, but...

Assuming this character is for a supers game, she can be wearing a chip thong and nipple clips or pasties and still have 12 PD / 12 ED Armor that provides full coverage. The special effect is that the dental floss bikini produces a force field which generates the protective effect. Look at the character write-up for Nighthawk in the Champions genre book - his "vest armor" or somesuch works this way.

Just an alternative to consider.
John H

[Tom McCarthy]

Check the Fred or Ultimate Martial Artist. One of them has a table to assign a limitation based roughly on the value of an activation roll but then say it covers specific hit locations rather than having an actual hit location (IIRC, a helmet which covers locations 3-5 is a -2 limitation, just like an 8- activation roll).

[Killer Shrike]

If you arent using hit locations, dont worry about it at all. Its inconsistent to try to implement it for 1 character only, or even to approximate it.

If you are determined to do it anyway, do it like this: 4 DEF OIF: Armored Costume and +8 DEF Activation 14- OIF: Reinforced Bustier.

[BNakagawa]

How I would build this:

Armor 12/12 OIF act 14- Not vs attacks with find weakness

(8/8 of the armor has the additional limitation: Only if activation roll is made by 3 or more.

Net result: On a 14-, you get 4 armor, if you roll 11- then you get 12 armor and if you're attacked by someone with find weakness (with the incoming attack) then you get hit in the face, 0 armor. That's what helmets are for.

[Citizen Keen]

Originally posted by Tom McCarthy
Check the Fred or Ultimate Martial Artist. One of them has a table to assign a limitation based roughly on the value of an activation roll but then say it covers specific hit locations rather than having an actual hit location (IIRC, a helmet which covers locations 3-5 is a -2 limitation, just like an 8- activation roll).

Can you look this up and tell us what page? I'm getting frustrated with the specific armor table at the end of the equipment section of FREd. Thanks!

[Citizen Keen]

Originally posted by yamamura
Illustration to Follow on case I am confusing:

What program did you use to do this?

[yamamura]

I used Paint Shop Pro 8, Sorry I didn't really try to make it look good, judt wanted to get the point across.

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[yamamura]

Thanx everybody for the suggestions. I like the activation made by 3 to get the full armour by BNakagawa (But everybody elses were also good). Being that I plan to use hit location, I don't think you would need to use find weakness aspect though.

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[Ndreare]

UMA has a limitation section covering this topic on page 186 and 187 however it dies not give limitations it only says what certian armors would cover.

Fred also goes over this on pages 181 under activation and page 334 under armor coverage/activation table.

Your example should read as the following power.
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<table border="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td align="right"><b>Cost&#160;&#160;</b></td><td><b>Power</b></td><td align="right"><b>END</b></td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">18&#160;&#160;</td><td><b><i>Her Partial Coverage: </i></b>(Total: 36 Active Cost, 18 Real Cost) <i>Full Body Tards:</i> Armor (4 PD/4 ED) (12 Active Points); Activation Roll: Hit Locations 9-18 12- (-3/4) (Real Cost: 7) <b>plus</b> <i>That suit she wears:</i> Armor (8 PD/8 ED) (24 Active Points); Activation Roll: Hit Locations 10-13 10- (-1 1/4) (Real Cost: 11)&#160;</td><td valign="top" align="right"></td></tr></table><b>Powers Cost:</b> 18