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atgxtg
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| crmcneill wrote: | | Maybe the weapon's body strength should be based on the damage it inflicts. For example, if a weapon inflicts Strength+3D damage, then its body strength would be 3D. It might need some modifiers for powered weapons like vibroblades, but it's as good a criteria as any... |
Nah. Generally shorter weapons tend to be harder to break than longer ones. The length of the weapon acts as a fulcrum. Hence it is easier to break a longer sword of the same mass.
I'd say go with something like the mass or mass/length to get a STR rating. |
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| Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 2:33 pm Post subject: |
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| atgxtg wrote: | | Nah. Generally shorter weapons tend to be harder to break than longer ones. The length of the weapon acts as a fulcrum. Hence it is easier to break a longer sword of the same mass. |
Good point, but since it is a fulcrum, it depends where you hit it. If close to the fulcrum the larger weapon should be no harder to break. This is interesting and I am hoping Esoomian moves this over to a new thread.
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atgxtg
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Good point, but since it is a fulcrum, it depends where you hit it. If close to the fulcrum the larger weapon should be no harder to break.[/quote]
You mean easier. And technically it still would be, since it has to support the weight of the rest of weapon. So it is already under a strain.
But to simply things, I'd say mass is more important than the damage stat.
I7ve got a method, but I7d like to table up a bunch of melee weapons and see how it looks. |
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