New to Hero: Poisons

[Chris Goodwin]

On 6/16/2020 at 3:19 PM, Tech said:

For 1st, 2nd and I think 3rd edition of Champions, only Damage Resistance stopped any Stun and Body. Now, he is citing Fantasy Hero so I can't vouch for that.

 

Resistant defenses have always stopped the BODY and STUN from Killing Attacks.  🙂  Armor, Force Field, and Damage Resistance were three Powers that could grant a character resistant defenses.  

 

For first edition Fantasy Hero, the Shield effect (basically, Force Field) was used for magical armor/resistant defenses.  Mundane armor was just armor, not a Power or spell effect.  

 

(There's a difference between game mechanics and Powers.  Resistant defenses and killing damage are game mechanics; HKA, RKA, Resistant Protection, Armor and Force Field (up through 5th edition) are Powers.  The Powers aren't necessary for the game mechanics; all Powers are is formalized ways for characters to add the game mechanics to their character sheets by spending points.)

[Tech]

16 hours ago, Chris Goodwin said:

 

Resistant defenses have always stopped the BODY and STUN from Killing Attacks.  🙂  Armor, Force Field, and Damage Resistance were three Powers that could grant a character resistant defenses.  

 

For first edition Fantasy Hero, the Shield effect (basically, Force Field) was used for magical armor/resistant defenses.  Mundane armor was just armor, not a Power or spell effect.  

 

(There's a difference between game mechanics and Powers.  Resistant defenses and killing damage are game mechanics; HKA, RKA, Resistant Protection, Armor and Force Field (up through 5th edition) are Powers.  The Powers aren't necessary for the game mechanics; all Powers are is formalized ways for characters to add the game mechanics to their character sheets by spending points.)

 

You're correct, Armor, Forcefield and DR were the 3 powers in the earlier editions. I was specific in my response about Damage Resistance since that was the topic, ignoring Armor & FF. I guess I should've been a little more descriptive. Oh well.