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		| Lord Ben Sub-Lieutenant
 
  
 
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				|  Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 11:37 am    Post subject: Melee Damage |   |  
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				| Does Melee damage go down the more actions you take? |  | 
	
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		| Tatum Cadet
 
  
 
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				|  Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 12:54 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| No, only the actions. |  | 
	
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		| Volar the Healer Jedi
 
  
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				|  Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 11:25 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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		| Hellcat Grand Moff
 
  
  
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				|  Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 12:59 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| The number of dice needed to try and accomplish the actions goes down, the damage itself remains the same. _________________
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		| Zarm R'keeg Commander
 
  
  
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				|  Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 7:34 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Here's a question- what about injuries? If a character is wounded and has -1D to their stats, would that affect their physical strength and thus their Melee damage? _________________
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		| Fallon Kell Commodore
 
  
  
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				|  Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 7:48 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Under the RAW it should, I believe, although I don't run it that way. _________________
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		| garhkal Sovereign Protector
 
  
  
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				|  Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 12:15 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| To deal damage.. yes..  To soak damage.. no.. _________________
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		| Bren Vice Admiral
 
  
  
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				|  Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 11:25 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | garhkal wrote: |  	  | To deal damage.. yes..  To soak damage.. no.. | 
 
 Page 97 of the Revised and Expanded rules says -
 
  	  | Quote: |  	  | The character suffers a penalty of -1D to skill and attribute rolls until he heals
 (through medpacs or natural rest).
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 I'm not seeing an exception for soaking damage, only for making natural healing rolls to recover from damage. I play it the way garhkal indicated, but I'm not seeing a citation in the rules to support that interpretation. Anyone?
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		| Grimace Captain
 
  
  
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				|  Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 11:51 am    Post subject: |   |  
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				| This was already discussed in the Official Rules area.  Here is the appropriate post by entropy. 
 
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 A character always rolls his or her full strength to resist damage (even if wounded), although disease and other circumstances may reduce a character's strength dice.
 
 
 
 It's on page 80, 6th bullet point under free actions. You don't need a house rule for this.
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		| Zarm R'keeg Commander
 
  
  
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				|  Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 1:45 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| You know, having been RPGing since 1998, I didn't think I could feel like such a noob, but... can I ask you fellas to define RAW and 'soak damage,' or direct me to a glossary wherein I could glean their meanings?  _________________
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		| Grimace Captain
 
  
  
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				|  Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 5:00 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| RAW is shorthand for Rules As Written. 
 Soak damage is the roll that is used to resist damage inflicted upon the character.  Thus, it means rolling Strength + any armor to resist the damage.
 
 Deal damage is the roll that inflicts the damage.  For most ranged weapons it's a die amount, like 4D or 3D+2.  Melee weapons inflict STR+weapon damage.  So a weapon that does STR+1D damage is rolling the Strength dice and adding 1D to it.
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		| Zarm R'keeg Commander
 
  
  
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				|  Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 5:32 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Thank you. What about... was it 'MAP' that I've been seeing thrown around a lot here? MA...something.  Probably another unfamiliar term for a familiar concept, but I haven't been able to decipher it from context, either. _________________
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		| Crimson_red Lieutenant Commander
 
  
  
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				|  Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 6:10 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				|  	  | Zarm R'keeg wrote: |  	  | Thank you. What about... was it 'MAP' that I've been seeing thrown around a lot here? MA...something.  Probably another unfamiliar term for a familiar concept, but I haven't been able to decipher it from context, either. | 
 
 MAP: Multiple Action Penalty
 
 The penalty you take for taking more than one action in a round (2 actions -1D, 3 actions -2D, etc). I had to figure that one out too, hadn't heard it until I came here.
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		| Zarm R'keeg Commander
 
  
  
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				|  Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 6:31 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| Ah, yes. MAP: what every player tries to weasel out of every time.  _________________
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		| garhkal Sovereign Protector
 
  
  
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				|  Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 8:43 pm    Post subject: |   |  
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				| I'm surprised this site doesn't have a 'stickied' thread somewhere with this sort of lexicon/language, to help out all the newbies. _________________
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