Badger Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 i was just curious would something similar to Stormtrooper Armor be ablative. I have never been able to quite understand the exact workings of ablative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erkenfresh Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 Re: Confusion about Ablative Imagine you're wearing your nice "bulletproof" vest and you get shot. But, when this vest gets hit a big chunk of it flies off. Now, there's a hole in your vest. Should they hit the same spot, there's no protection there to help you. This is how ablative works. The first hit has no activation roll, it always works. After that, the activation roll becomes harder and harder to succeed until the vest just falls apart and becomes worthless. Generally, an ablative defense needs to be repaired or replaced after each use. But, this is not true of the force fields used in Terran Empires which simply need to be shut off for a few minutes to recharge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted May 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 Re: Confusion about Ablative Ok Need to ask one more about it. To clarify: If the blast hits and does more damage than the armor can stand, it will do damage to the wearer right? Since it is stormtrooper like, say during the battle of Endor, Han shoots you with that RKA (you know his blaster ) it can penetrate and injure you right? I am pretty sure of this (it seems logical, anyway) but, when reading about ablative it always confuses this issue with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 Re: Confusion about Ablative Right Ablative Armor is just DEF that reduces the amount of damage that you take. After each time it has been used/penetrated, the chance of it working goes down( i.e. it gets an activations roll that gets harder to pass). If you're looking for armor that works completely until it is gone, then maybe consider buying BODY, OIF, not affected by character's defences, sfx Armor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erkenfresh Posted May 20, 2006 Report Share Posted May 20, 2006 Re: Confusion about Ablative Hmm, let me expand on that. The activation roll doesn't deplete unless the attack penetrates the armor. So, if Han shoots the Storm Trooper and the blast is weaker this time (he rolls low for damage), and the Trooper takes no damage, then there's no "hole". His armor will continue to act the same as before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Johnston Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 Re: Confusion about Ablative Ok Need to ask one more about it. To clarify: If the blast hits and does more damage than the armor can stand, it will do damage to the wearer right? Since it is stormtrooper like, say during the battle of Endor, Han shoots you with that RKA (you know his blaster ) it can penetrate and injure you right? I am pretty sure of this (it seems logical, anyway) but, when reading about ablative it always confuses this issue with me. Damage in excess of your defenses will both injure the person wearing the armour and the armour itself if it is ablative. If it is not ablative, then the armour won't be damaged (significantly), but the person wearing it still takes the damage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 22, 2006 Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 Re: Confusion about Ablative Hmm' date=' let me expand on that. The activation roll doesn't deplete unless the attack penetrates the armor. So, if Han shoots the Storm Trooper and the blast is weaker this time (he rolls low for damage), and the Trooper takes no damage, then there's no "hole". His armor will continue to act the same as before.[/quote'] That is correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erkenfresh Posted May 23, 2006 Report Share Posted May 23, 2006 Re: Confusion about Ablative I concur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kraven Kor Posted May 23, 2006 Report Share Posted May 23, 2006 Re: Confusion about Ablative Just a clarification... Stormtrooper armor isn't really armor. Han punched a stormtrooper right in his helmetted face and it didn't even seem to hurt his hand. I mean, midgets with stone axes seemed as effective as blasters. Ever seen a stormtrooper stay standing when he got shot? Didn't think so. Sorry to go on a tangent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 24, 2006 Report Share Posted May 24, 2006 Re: Confusion about Ablative Ewoks have 4d6 Luck, Only to Make Crits. Maybe armor tech hasn't caught up with weapon tech yet. Kind of like when effective guns were first used in combat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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