In my campaign, I have a couple of characters now that have HAs with a variable advantage, and the time has come to make sure I am ruling how their STR damage adds.
Per FREd, p272, if the character has not paid for the advantage on his STR, the STR DCs get added at a rate equivelent to the cost of the HAs.
I see two possibilities on how this works . In my example, we will assume a character with a STR 25, and 5d6 HA w/ +1/2 Variable Advantage, and the character is assigning "Armor Piercing" to the Variable Advantage.
Option 1:
As AP is a +1/2, he gets 5+(25/7.5) = 8d6 AP.
Option 2:
As the total advantage on the HA is +1.5, he gets 5+(25/12.5) = 7d6 AP
My gut feeling, as there are no rules to the contrary. The Rules FAQ states that "Variable Advantage is no different from any other Advantage when it comes to calculating the END cost", which I would extend to assume means that it is no different in adding STR damage.
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In my campaign, I have a couple of characters now that have HAs with a variable advantage, and the time has come to make sure I am ruling how their STR damage adds.
Per FREd, p272, if the character has not paid for the advantage on his STR, the STR DCs get added at a rate equivelent to the cost of the HAs.
I see two possibilities on how this works . In my example, we will assume a character with a STR 25, and 5d6 HA w/ +1/2 Variable Advantage, and the character is assigning "Armor Piercing" to the Variable Advantage.
Option 1:
As AP is a +1/2, he gets 5+(25/7.5) = 8d6 AP.
Option 2:
As the total advantage on the HA is +1.5, he gets 5+(25/12.5) = 7d6 AP
My gut feeling, as there are no rules to the contrary. The Rules FAQ states that "Variable Advantage is no different from any other Advantage when it comes to calculating the END cost", which I would extend to assume means that it is no different in adding STR damage.
Thank you for your time.
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