is armor stronger in battle if it is physiclly thicker?
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is armor stronger in battle if it is physiclly thicker?
well, on most of my vehicles i use 3-4 brick wide armor such as on my dropship. would this be considered as 4-5d10 armor?
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Armor is simply based off of material. If it's about as tough as human flesh, 1d6 armor. If it's about as tough as a tank, 3d10 armor. Thickness has nothing to do with it: just simply look at something and compare it to a tank, a nuclear bunker, or godforged adamantium forged in the fires of hell itself.
If you're going for a double-layer armor thing (example: dinosaur with 1d10 armor skin is wearing a suit of armor), you can add 1d6 to the total armor level. Keep in mind that it will help in general damage, but the armor only protects what it's actually covering (I.E: component damage on an exposed object doesn't get the 1d6 bonus).
And finally, please, please, please stop thinking that more armor is better. Maybe your 5d10 tanks are nigh invincible, but where's the fun if they can't explode into a fireball the size of an office building?
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If you're going for a double-layer armor thing (example: dinosaur with 1d10 armor skin is wearing a suit of armor), you can add 1d6 to the total armor level. Keep in mind that it will help in general damage, but the armor only protects what it's actually covering (I.E: component damage on an exposed object doesn't get the 1d6 bonus).
And finally, please, please, please stop thinking that more armor is better. Maybe your 5d10 tanks are nigh invincible, but where's the fun if they can't explode into a fireball the size of an office building?
EDIT: TL;DR: NO
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I generally base armor off vehicle size.
1-4 inches: 2D10 armor for all units
4-8 inches: 3D10 armor for ground units, 2D10 armor for flying units
8-12 inches: 4D10 armor for ground units, 3D10 armor for hover and flying units
12+ inches: 4D10 armor for all units
5D10 armor is usually reserved for buildings containing scenario objectives, where you want to make it very hard for the troops to simply blast the building apart rather than fighting their way through it.
1-4 inches: 2D10 armor for all units
4-8 inches: 3D10 armor for ground units, 2D10 armor for flying units
8-12 inches: 4D10 armor for ground units, 3D10 armor for hover and flying units
12+ inches: 4D10 armor for all units
5D10 armor is usually reserved for buildings containing scenario objectives, where you want to make it very hard for the troops to simply blast the building apart rather than fighting their way through it.
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I said toughness, not thickness! A pillow is certaintly thicker than a piece of rebar, but it ain't tougher.Doopliss wrote:Thickness is where the armor difference between a sheet of metal (1d10) and a Metal Golem (4d10) comes from.IVhorseman wrote:Armor is simply based off of material. If it's about as tough as human flesh, 1d6 armor. If it's about as tough as a tank, 3d10 armor. Thickness has nothing to do with it
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5 meter thick sheets of wood arnt as good as 1/2 a meter thick sheet of titanium.
theres diffrent thinkness and diffrent types
theres diffrent thinkness and diffrent types
"some people are like slinkies there really good for nothing, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs"
"Triangalism! What's the fuckin' point!"
How's that compression ratio?
"Triangalism! What's the fuckin' point!"
How's that compression ratio?
However, a 5-inch thick sheet of titanium is much better than a 1/2-inch thick sheet of titanium, and log walls are one Structure Level higher than ordinary wood in the example list.5 meter thick sheets of wood arnt as good as 1/2 a meter thick sheet of titanium.
theres diffrent thinkness and diffrent types
I'm not sure I follow?I said toughness, not thickness!
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What isn't to follow? toughness is a combination of thickness, strength, structural rigidity... whatever. The harder something is to break, the tougher it is.
Yeah Razgriz, it's pretty much just fudging it.
Yeah Razgriz, it's pretty much just fudging it.
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