Example of use:
Razor has an enemy in her sights, so it's time to pull the trigger. Her Action Value is Agility (AGI) since aiming a mecha weapon is a matter of skill rather than physical strength, and the enemy's Opposed Value is also AGI. Razor's Agility is pushing the normal Human (or Bluo) maximum at 5+ Metapoints (MP), while the enemy pilot has a still respectable AGI 4-. 4 - 5 = -1, so she'll be checking on the "0 to -1" line of the Opposed Action table.
Valles rolls 2d10 and does quite well, getting 10 and 9 for a total of 19, which is a very solid Yellow result - so far. The + and - of the scores now come into play, Razor's plus adds to the roll total, bumping it up to 20, while the enemy pilot's minus subtracts from the next highest column's Target Number, in this case Black, which is lowered to 20. It's a critical hit!
Now it's time to see how much damage Razor did. The scavenged Zzard blaster gunpod her mecha is carrying has a damage rating of 7- so that will be the Power Value (PV,) while the enemy's fighter is resisting damage with its physical structure, so the Resistance Value (RV) is its Endurance (END) at 7+. 7 - 7 = 0, so Valles will be using the "0 to -1" line again on the Result table. He got a Black success, so the base damage is equal to the MPs of the PV+1, but the signs of both PV and RV also need to be included. Because it is affecting the other character's MPs, the sign on the RV must be flipped, becoming a - in this example. 7 (PV) + 1 (Black result) - 1 (dmg 7-) - 1 (END 7+) = 6, so the enemy fighter's Current Endurance is reduced by 6, leaving it at just 1+ MP. Half of one of the wings is missing, there's a deep gash all down the side of the fuselage with most of the rest scorched black by blaster bolts, and there's a thin trail of black smoke trailing after it. One more hit should do the trick, even if the fighter will only be destroyed outright if its END falls below -7+. Disabled is enough to take it out of the fight though, and a rough crash landing might just finish the job if the pilot doesn't bail out first.
The minimum damage from a successful hit is always 1MP, no matter how many -1's get stacked on through unfortunate stats or rolls.
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows
Razor has an enemy in her sights, so it's time to pull the trigger. Her Action Value is Agility (AGI) since aiming a mecha weapon is a matter of skill rather than physical strength, and the enemy's Opposed Value is also AGI. Razor's Agility is pushing the normal Human (or Bluo) maximum at 5+ Metapoints (MP), while the enemy pilot has a still respectable AGI 4-. 4 - 5 = -1, so she'll be checking on the "0 to -1" line of the Opposed Action table.
Valles rolls 2d10 and does quite well, getting 10 and 9 for a total of 19, which is a very solid Yellow result - so far. The + and - of the scores now come into play, Razor's plus adds to the roll total, bumping it up to 20, while the enemy pilot's minus subtracts from the next highest column's Target Number, in this case Black, which is lowered to 20. It's a critical hit!
Now it's time to see how much damage Razor did. The scavenged Zzard blaster gunpod her mecha is carrying has a damage rating of 7- so that will be the Power Value (PV,) while the enemy's fighter is resisting damage with its physical structure, so the Resistance Value (RV) is its Endurance (END) at 7+. 7 - 7 = 0, so Valles will be using the "0 to -1" line again on the Result table. He got a Black success, so the base damage is equal to the MPs of the PV+1, but the signs of both PV and RV also need to be included. Because it is affecting the other character's MPs, the sign on the RV must be flipped, becoming a - in this example. 7 (PV) + 1 (Black result) - 1 (dmg 7-) - 1 (END 7+) = 6, so the enemy fighter's Current Endurance is reduced by 6, leaving it at just 1+ MP. Half of one of the wings is missing, there's a deep gash all down the side of the fuselage with most of the rest scorched black by blaster bolts, and there's a thin trail of black smoke trailing after it. One more hit should do the trick, even if the fighter will only be destroyed outright if its END falls below -7+. Disabled is enough to take it out of the fight though, and a rough crash landing might just finish the job if the pilot doesn't bail out first.
The minimum damage from a successful hit is always 1MP, no matter how many -1's get stacked on through unfortunate stats or rolls.
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows