House Rule - Personal Combat Damage

[Solomani666]

Exceptional Success does at least 1 point of damage.

My house rule is that an Exceptional Success does the Damage Dice in damage with a minimum of 1.

Your thoughts?

 

[allanimal]

So, do you mean that exceptional success effectively bypasses armor?

 

[Jeraa]

So, do you mean that exceptional success effectively bypasses armor?

A hit with an Effect of 6 or more automatically inflicts a minimum of 1 point of damage regardless of the targets armor rating. If I understand right, his houserule would just change that to 1 point per damage die of the weapon. So a 3D damage rifle would do a minimum of 3 damage on a hit with an effect of 6 or more, while a 5D laser rifle would do a minimum of 5.

 

[allanimal]

Ah, ok I didn't read the original that way, but now I can see it.

Fair enough for a house rule. Right off, I don't see a big downside. A player in my group with a really high gun combat (energy) and a big laser rifle will like it. He often can pull off an effect 6, but can't quite crack bttledress. This would let him do 5 points instead of 1. Which means a foe may drop after a few hits instead of a dozen.

 

[Solomani666]

So, do you mean that exceptional success effectively bypasses armor?

A hit with an Effect of 6 or more automatically inflicts a minimum of 1 point of damage regardless of the targets armor rating. If I understand right, his houserule would just change that to 1 point per damage die of the weapon. So a 3D damage rifle would do a minimum of 3 damage on a hit with an effect of 6 or more, while a 5D laser rifle would do a minimum of 5.

Exactly