Follow-Up: Absorption as a Defence vs. Hit Locations

[ned-kogar]

Ok, sorry to be unclear Steve. More simply, in a campaign which uses Hit Locations, a character who has energy Absorption is hit in the head by a 10 Body laser, which of these happens?:

 

a. She gets to absorb 10 Body - because, as stated on APG 53, 'Adjustment Powers are not affected by Hit Locations'.

 

b. She gets to absorb 20 Body - which would mean the rule on APG 53 only applied to 'outgoing' Adjustment Powers.

 

Ned

[Steve Long]

Re: Follow-Up: Absorption as a Defence vs. Hit Locations

 

OK, now I see what you’re getting at.

 

A character’s Absorption is not affected by Hit Location multipliers. A character who’s hit with a 10 BODY attack can Absorb 10 BODY from that attack regardless of whether it hits him in the Head, the Arm, or any other locaion.