Adding STR damage to HKAs

[jdounis]

Hello,just a quick question,in 6E2 P99 in the adding damage section is specifically stated that the normal rounding HERO rules are not applied in the case of adding damage above str minimum for a weapon,so you need a full 5 STR above minimum for +1 DC,does this apply also to KAs or HAs that dont have the str minimum limitation? For example a STR 13 character how many dcs can add to a HKA without the minimum STR limitation?

[Steve Long]

As noted on 6E1 231, for HAs that aren’t defined as weapons, the HA adds to the character’s Normal Damage from STR — not the other way around. So the question is moot from that perspective.

 

For HKAs, as indicated by various examples (such as on 6E1 242 and 6E2 99 and 100), a character has to have a full 5 STR to add +1 DC. This applies regardless of whether the HKA is a weapon, and regardless of whether it has the Strength Minimum Limitation. There’s no such thing as a “half a Damage Class,” so +3 STR (for example) simply can’t have any effect.