Re: (TFT) Strength of Stone --> Give stone armor!

[Rick Smith <rsmith@lightspeed.ca>]

Hi Erol,
   What I do is give stone 4 to 6 points of armor
depending on how hard it is.  This armor stops
damage BEFORE the tunneling rules kick in.  That
slows tunneling a little bit, but big blasts 
pretty much ignore armor.

   I agree with you that the tunneling rules are
very generous, but on the other hand, none of my
players have ever complained.

   Warm regards, Rick


On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 20:45, ErolB1@aol.com wrote:
> I've been looking over the rules for breaking things with an eye to 
> revamping, revising, and extending them, and I've been forced into the conclusion that 
> solid stone is *very* strong. 
> 
> If I give a stone door or wall 4 points of armor, I calculate that each 
> square meter has roughly 50 St per 1 cm thickness (or 100 St per 1 cm thickness for 
> a 1 m by 2 m door). That's several hundred St for a door several cm (or a few 
> inches) thick, or about 10 times the St of wood of equal thickness. (Assuming 
> that stone doesn't have natural armor amost doubles the calculated St). 
> 
> Calculated St for stone is based on the tunneling rules in ITL p 45. 
> 
> Does this seem right to others on the list? What values do you use? How would 
> this be adjusted for walls of worked stone or brick - with or without mortar? 
> 
> 
> And how does this square with the great effectiveness of magic vs stone? One 
> point of Lightning damage blasts away 5 cm of stone, according to ITL p45 - 
> but that's 500 St worth of stone by my calculations, or a 500x damage multiplier 
> for lightning vs stone. Do others reduce the "book" effectiveness of magic 
> for tunneling? Easy magical tunneling would "explain" why "dungeons" are so 
> common, but it also gives a whiff of industral-disease magic. 
> 
> The list has been kind of slow recently, so - any thoughts?
> 
> Erol K. Bayburt
> Evil Genius for a Better Tomorrow
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