Re: Legend Question

From: dani@netcom.com (Dani Zweig)

Date: Sun, 23 May 1993 23:03:12 +0000

tcline@nyx.cs.du.edu (Terry Cline):
>Is INV/DAM covered any place in the books?  (I can't find it
>myself, sorry if it's a stupid question.)

Yes, it's in the combat/magic rulebook (of the second-edition rules).
Here's the short explanation:  Invulnerability is analogous to
AD&D-type "need +x weapon to hit", and its main effect is to make it
difficult to swamp major monsters with numbers.

The way it works is that if an attacker's Damage rating is greater than
or equal to the defender's invulnerability rating, invulnerability is
ignored.  However, if the invulnerability rating is greater, the
defender's defence factor is increased by (INV - DAM) * 50%.

Example:  You attack a Vampyre (INV/DAM = 6/6) whose DF is 25 with
netherworld soldiers (INV/DAM = 2/2) with DFs of 20.

The Vampyre's DAM is higher than the soldiers INV (6>2) so the
soldiers' DF is 20 and we divide the Vampyre's AF by 20 to find
out how much harm he did.

The soldiers' DAM is *lower* than the Vampyre's INV, so the Vampyre's
effective DF is increased by (6 - 2) * 50%, or 200%, so we divide
the soldiers' AF by *75* to find out how much harm they did the Vampyre.

Needless to say, attacking a mystic gold dragon with an INV of 20
is a difficult undertaking!

Important Note:  INV and DAM are not additive.  If you give a
Vampyre soldier (DAM = 3) a P4 mithril sword (DAM = 6), you get
a DAM of 6 (the greater of the two), not 9.  INV likewise.

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References

Legend Question
tcline@nyx.cs.du.edu (Terry Cline)
Sun, 23 May 1993 14:43:38 +0000