Slight Confusion

[Valen is my name]

With beam weapons, where you need to get a number higher than the one before to keep getting hits, does AP or SAP make any diffeerence, or are they ignored.
Eg.

I attack a ship with hull 5 with a beam weapon which has SAP trait, so i ony need a 3 to gain a hit, but to hit again i need a 6, so will a 4 (plus SAP) do, or do i have to get a 6 on the die (ie SAP has no effect)

Thanks

 

[H]

the trait is always in effect, so you hit a hull 6 on a 4, then a 5, then a 6, and continue on a 6 , as it gets progressively harder, but you never jump from a 4 to a 6,.

 

[Valen is my name]

but i cant just keep on getting 4s?

 

[H]

nope, EVERY beam, increases it's to hit number by 1 each set of dice (until it hits 6) irrespective of any other stats, the only exception used to be the accurate trait, and that got axed in SFOS

 

[katadder]

nope, the number will still drop, SAP just gives you a better number to start from.

 

[Burger]

No, it goes up by 1 every time.
Otherwise SAP Beam on hull 4 would be horrendous!!! (even worse than it is now, that is)

 

[lastbesthope]

And remember, a 1 always misses, so a roll of 1 with a Super AP weapon will miss a Hull 3 Tishat or Nial

LBH

 

[Burger]

And remember, a 1 always misses, so a roll of 1 with a Super AP weapon will miss a Hull 3 Tishat or Nial

Yes but the next beam roll will still have target number of 2.

 

[lastbesthope]

Oh indeed, should have said that.

LBH