Foxx! Posted August 18, 2004 Report Share Posted August 18, 2004 Heroes! When you use a human as a shield, what kind of protection do you get? Do you get the shield’s full BODY and DEF until it is destroyed? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper-Man Posted August 18, 2004 Report Share Posted August 18, 2004 Re: body shield depends on the attack. in the case of bullets I would calculate a percentage of total body for whatever location the 'human-shield' is hit in and deduct that from damage before applying it to you. normal attacks i would deduct all defenses too and be mindful of any knockback if using those rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrFurious Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 Re: body shield If the guy was deliberately using the body as a shield, I'd say that he'd need a held action and perform a block maneuver. Otherwise, define what percentage cover the body will give - a miss due to the cover penalty is a hit on the body. 'nuff said. [edit] Just in case I'm misreading the question, the body should provide DEF equivalent to a similar soft-like object. The Body characteristic is obviously the BODY to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 Re: body shield Which is difficult to figure out when the shield is already dead.... I agree about the cover modifiers. I suppose you could just calculate BODY based on shield weight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx! Posted August 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2004 Re: body shield Heroes! Thank you for the ideas. Hyper-Man's idea reminded me of the Injury rules: A limb can take only 1/3 of the character's total BODY. Does that sound like a good BODY for defence? I'm also going to use Dr. Furious' idea of giving limited coverage because a body shiled doesn't cover a person as well as armour. I think a body shield the same size as the user covers areas 6-14. How does that sound? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper-Man Posted August 21, 2004 Report Share Posted August 21, 2004 Re: body shield sounds like you have it well 'in hand'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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