Combat Armor

[Condottiere]

Against Stormtroopers, I'd be more afraid of ricochets.

You don't need helmets for HUD.

But the helmet is there for a reason.

 

[tolcreator]

"Our Astartes are true heroes all! Noble, brave, loyal, and above all completely rational and not at all given to fanaticism and superstitious thinking."

"I agree my liege."

"And where do heroes get shot?"

"...sorry?"

"In the shoulder, lad! Heroes always get shot in the shoulder. It's the damndest thing, but because I am a higher being and the most perfect human in all of creation that ever was and ever will be, believe me when I say it is true: Heroes will be shot in the shoulder a thousand times before they are ever wounded in the torso."

"...I suppose I have to admit that I have witnessed more desperate, brave men clutching their shoulders as they save the day at the last possible second than I have seen such men holding their organs into their stomach while doing likewise."

"And it's always men."

"Oh goodness, yes. Perish the thought."

"So take this back to the Mechanicum and don't come back until you have a design that will protect the heroic shoulders of my proud Astartes from any conceivable threat."

"And what about their heads? This helmet design?"

"Oh, heroes don't wear helmets. Just do whatever."

"At once my liege!"

 

[Jak Nazryth]

Nice!

 

[tolcreator]

Nice!

Ah, I should have added: That's not mine, but I can't remember now where I got it from.

 

[Jak Nazryth]

It's like how hot sci-fi/fantasy girls only need to wear chain mail bikinis. Swords and arrows miss them because they are simply too hot!

 

[Condottiere]

Those Cones of the Crones project a +2 invulnerability save.

 

[Infojunky]

Player... "Ok, I'm keeping on my combat armor, but not wearing the helmet."

GM... (thinking) hmmmmmm..... how does this affect his over all armor rating?

Anyone? Should we base it on the piecemeal rules in the CSC?

I tend to base it all on the torso armor in situations like that.

 

[vladthemad]

I'd agree with others, only lower it by a few points at most. You could base the description of damage on the fact that the player isn't wearing a helmet though. If the armor stops most of the damage, it hit his torso, if a lot of the damage gets through, he caught it to his pretty face. Now he has a wicked scar and is going to need a bionic eye. That will teach him not to wear his helmet!

 

[Askold]

I am also in the "Lower the armour value a few points" unless the something in the incident means that the damage is specifically to the head or the lack of helmet will otherwise mean the PC is vulnerable.

Peeking from doorways so that only his head is exposed is not advisable as a hit from the enemy means it hits him in the head. Being exposed to vacuum or toxic atmosphere is also not advisable.