Hardened Confusion

[bryanb]

Hi Steve,

 

I have checked the FAQ and done a search on this forum but I am still confused about the Hardened ruling. I understand that if bought at multple levels you must stipulate which attack (AP or Penetrating) it works against but what about the first level?

 

Logic would dictate that the first level of hardened would also require a stipulation that it acts against either AP or penetrating...correct? (a page refernece in FReD would be a boon!).

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Bryan

[Steve Long]

Re: Hardened Confusion

 

The rules for Hardened are on 5E 77 (you can always check the Index for specific game elements and rules; they're all in there). No specification is needed for a single level of Hardened, because any one level of Hardened counteracts any one "level" of the three Advantages that Hardened protects against. Specification is only necessary for situations when the number of Advantages exceed the number of levels of Hardened.