quick check on Multi-hit weapons and shields

[eldiablito]

Hello,

I'm SURE that this has been answered, but I just want to double check... I was inspired by this thread:
http://forum.mongoosepublishing.com/viewtopic.php?f=103&t=50443

If a photon torpedo with multi-hit 4 strikes an enemy ship with 1 shield left, what happens? Does the shield take ALL the damage to the shields, or does 1 damage strike the shield and the remaining 3 damage finally hit the hull.

Again, I'm pretty sure that this has already been asked, but I too tired to search for this properly...

 

[Sgt_G]

The shield stops what it can (1 point, in your example), and the rest hits the ship as internal damage.

 

[Ryueokami]

On this note (I THINK it has been answered somewhere already):
Drones and ADD's/tractor beams.
Do the stop the damage points or the hits?

(I think it would be good for the next edition of they renamed it a bit to damage points and hits instead of using hits for both.....seems to me that most questions stem from this same name for both thing)

 

[Iain McGhee]

They stop Attack Dice. If 2AD of drones are fired at a ship you'd roll defensive fire and/or tractors against those, with each success stopping 1AD (then any AD that aren't stopped rolls D6 for hits).

 

[Ryueokami]

They stop Attack Dice. If 2AD of drones are fired at a ship you'd roll defensive fire and/or tractors against those, with each success stopping 1AD (then any AD that aren't stopped rolls D6 for hits).

Tnx.

 

[eldiablito]

So, that works for me. However, don't you need to roll for the last 3 damage from the photon torpedo to see if it hits the bulk head or get a critical systems hit?

So, this is sorta a part 2 to the first post of this thread.

 

[tneva82]

So, that works for me. However, don't you need to roll for the last 3 damage from the photon torpedo to see if it hits the bulk head or get a critical systems hit?

So, this is sorta a part 2 to the first post of this thread.

Yes.

Photon torpedo hits, remaining shield knocks out, then you roll remaining 3 on the AD table.

 

[Sgt_G]

So, that works for me. However, don't you need to roll for the last 3 damage from the photon torpedo to see if it hits the bulk head or get a critical systems hit?

So, this is sorta a part 2 to the first post of this thread.

Yes.

Photon torpedo hits, remaining shield knocks out, then you roll remaining 3 on the AD table.

No, not the "AD table" but rather the "Attack Table". The AD says whether or not you hit the target, the Attack Table says what kind of internal damage (bulkhead / hull / critical) you did.

Most of us knew what you meant, but this use of similar terms (e.g., Attack Dice / Attack Table) for different concepts is what causes mass confusion to new players.