Damage and Criticals

[spellscape]

Hi all
Id like to clear up Damage and Criticals
For example I score 4 hits now I’m rolling for damage. I have 2-4-5-6
I understand that this is -3 (without critical) and I hit Weapons on (5) Weapons Offline (D+2 C+2) so total damage inflicted on ship is D -3 and -2= -5 C -3 and -2 =- 5 or D-6 C-6 (add -1 for critical as for hit too)?
If I have Double Damage I multiply total or I should multiply damage without critical adding critical to multiplied damage?

 

[prelude_to_war]

You should multiply damage per critical hit individually.

 

[CZuschlag]

Example: A single-damage system has 4 hits that are applied. The firing player then rolls 2-4-5-6, scoring three solid hits and one critical hit. So far, the target ship has taken 4 damage and 4 crew lost. The critical follows as a 4-5 (One arc offline.) This deals an additional 2 damage and 2 crew, for a net of 6 damage, 6 crew (I write this as 6:6).

This time, 3 dice of double damage weaponry strikes the same ship. The three dice come up as 1-2-6. This scores 5 damage and 4 crew (1:0, 2:2, 2:2 from each die) . Look at the definition for double damage and bulkhead hits to understand why -- triple damage weapons work this way, too. The critical is then rolled as a 4-5 (again!). As this is a double damage system, an additional 4 damage and crew are applied, not 2 damage and 2 crew. This weapon has then done a total of (9:8), and between the two weapon systems the damage is 15 damage and 14 crew, (15:14). Ow!

Clear?

 

[Silvereye]

Okay you score 4 hits on a ship and make the four damage rolls:

1st hit rolls a 2. Solid hit for 1 damage and 1 crew
2nd hit rolls a 4. Solid hit for 1 damage and 1 crew
3rd hit rolls a 5. Solid hit for 1 damage and 1 crew
4th hit rolls a 6. Critical hit on top of the solid hit for 1 damage and 1 crew

The Critical hits 4 (weapons) 5 (weapons off-line) for a further 2 damage and 2 crew (and no firing out of a random arc).

The four hits have done a total of (1+1+1+1+2) 6 Damage and (1+1+1+1+2) 6 Crew.

If the wepon was double damage, all the damage and crew losses would be doubled. The four hits would therefore reduce Damage by (2+2+2+2+4) 12 and Crew by (2+2+2+2+4) 12.

Hope this helps.

 

[Tankdriver]

So the point of damage for rolling a one with double damage is just to the damage track and not the crew?

 

[CZuschlag]

Right!

 

[High Sierra]

on damage in general,

if a target has adaptive armour, does that effect critical hits?

i.e. If I get a 6-6 critical and score 12 on the damage dice does that get halved to 6?

 

[Greg Smith]

Yes.

 

[Tankdriver]

Wait a minute. Adaptive armor applies to Crit damage too?

 

[Chernobyl]

AFAIK, it does...

Chern

 

[lastbesthope]

Wait a minute. Adaptive armor applies to Crit damage too?

Yes, it halves damage and crew loss caused by criticals, but does not reduce the effects of other things like speed reductions

LBH