Confirming Rules for AVAD relating to NND

[BhelliomRahl]

Good day.

 

Have a player who has a taser which works as a Blast NND. He has said that the defense is being insulated. Would any rED as long as its in the relevant location class as being insulated?

6E1p326 - NND Defense Taser - Any Type of rED, Target is completely insulated. Does this mean he needs both rED and be insulated (not grounded) or either?

How do you represent insulation as a defense?

 

Thank you.

[Steve Long]

Re: Confirming Rules for AVAD relating to NND

 

The writeup in question refers to two possible defenses: any type of rED, or being completely insulated. There's no specific way to represent "being insulated" in game terms, though 6E2 149 has some discussion of the concept -- it's more a matter of the GM interpreting the situation in both a "realistic" and game-balanced manner.

 

"Realistically" I, personally, wouldn't allow just "being insulated" as the sole defense to a taser NND -- it doesn't make sense to me that rED would have no effect at all (particularly given that the book lists taser as an example and specifies rED as one applicable defense). But reasonably GMing minds may differ.