Question about added damage classes

[Ghost Face]

I just got back from a gaming session and there was a discussion about a character that had ranged martial arts and the added damage from his maneuver. The PC had an offensive strike with +4 DC. The rifle he was using had a basic damage of 2D6.

 

I stated that the rifle should have done 2 and 1/2D6 after the added damage classes from the maneuver were added in. Another guy thought the rifle should have been doing 3d6+1. I thought that added damage classes for killing attacks required 2 DC for every move down the damage class table.

 

Let me know which one of us was right.

[Steve Long]

Re: Question about added damage classes

 

As specifically stated on 5ER 406, it takes two DCs added by a Martial Maneuver to add one DC to a Killing Attack. So, in the example you describe (an RKA 2d6 with a Ranged Martial Maneuver adding a total of +4 DCs), the attack does 2½d6 -- a base of 2d6, +1 DC for the first two added Martial DCs, +1 more for the next two added Martial DCs.