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interlinked metal rings. SmallGauge Mail: Differs from mail above by having smaller and thinner rings, which improves its effectiveness against impaling weapons, but doesn’t absorb the impact of crushing attacks as well as standard mail. Double, Augmented or Bar Mail: Variant of mail with rings that are either thicker and closer together, or have bits of leather or metal in the gaps. Dwarven Mail: Highquality mail produced from improved steel and using a mixture of punched or welded rings and ordinary riveted rings. 0 4 4 1 7 4 1 20 10 SmallGauge Dwarven Mail: 0 20 15 Laminated: Metal strips which are overlapped and articulate upon each other Plate: Thick, single piece metal armour. It is used in helms, breastplates and small plates for spot protection. Full articulated suits are very rare and expensive. Heavy/Ribbed Plate: A variation of plate with even greater thickness of armour or transverse/diagonal ribbings designed to reduce the effectiveness of blows directed at the armour. 1) Start with unmodified weapon skill 2) Apply environmental modifiers: Standard Combat Procedure 3 1 1 6 4 2 2 7 5 2 2 a) Bad footing –2 (mud, loose gravel, waxed floors etc), footdeep water or stairs –4, deeper water –6 (B107) (Negated by aiming for missile attacks) b) Invisibility and darkness (CII 70) 3) Apply personal modifiers: a) Movement for missile attacks – Walking –1, running –2, x3 for crossbows, x6 for bows. b) Off hand (if not ambidextrous) –4 c) Unfamiliar weapon –2 d) Wild swing (attacking to side or rear) –5 with a maximum TH of 9 (B105) e) Close combat with a hand weapon –2 (B111) f) Position: i) Crouching, sitting, kneeling –2 30 <strong>RPG</strong> REVIEW ISSUE SEVENTEEN September 2012
ii) Prone –4 (except with gun or crossbow) g) Shock from Wounds – subtract what damage you took last round 4) Missile Attacks – apply Firing & Range Modifiers… 5) Roll to hit. Remember what the success was. 6) If hit successful, then opponent rolls to defend. 7) If defence unsuccessful, then: a) Roll hit location on Comprehensive Combat Table b) Walk location based on success on TH roll c) Subtract total DR for that location from the total damage d) For Bullet, Impale and Cut, damage less that the EP at that location is treated as Crush e) Multiply Damage by the multipliers and add together. f) Damage over Blowthrough is lost. g) Check for Stun h) If Stunned, check for KO i) Check for Additional Damage j) Note actual wound k) Sub tract Toughness from total damage, and take from total Hit Points. l) If Hit Points at 0 or less, roll against HT for Unconsciousness. m) If Hit Points at –HT or less, roll for Death The Melee, Eglinton Tournament, Irvine, Ayrshire, James Henry Nixon, 1839 31 <strong>RPG</strong> REVIEW ISSUE SEVENTEEN September 2012
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