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=== Example Attack Calculation === | === Example Attack Calculation === | ||
The creature being attacked is a snapjaw warlord with 2 AV and 9 DV. Our attacker is a salamander with 14 (-1) strength, 18 (+1) agility and its bite, a 1d3 axe with no strength cap and no base penetration, as its only weapon; this bite, due to the strength modifier of the salamander, has a PV of -1. The salamander rolls a 15 for its bite’s hit roll, and the hit roll gets a +1 bonus from the salamander’s agility modifier; 16 is higher than the snapjaw’s 9 DV, so the attack hits. | |||
* Now the first triplet of penetration rolls occurs: | |||
** The first singlet within the triplet rolls 6 out of 10, which becomes 4 after the -2 is applied, and 3 after the -1 PV from the bite is applied; 3 is higher than the 2 AV the snapjaw has. | |||
** The next singlet rolls 10, which becomes 8 after the -2, prompting another roll, which is 6 and which after the -2 becomes 4, so the total is 12, and 11 after the -1 PV, which is more than the 2 AV. | |||
** The final singlet in the triplet rolls 7, which becomes 5 due to the -2 and 4 due to the -1 PV, which is more than the 2 AV. | |||
** All three singlets in the triplet exceeded the target’s AV, thus the attack penetrates at least once, and a new triplet is rolled with the -1 PV decreased to -3. | |||
* The second triplet occurs as follows: | |||
** The first singlet rolls 7, which becomes 5 due to the -2 and 2 due to the -3 PV, which is not more than the 2 AV of the target. | |||
** The second singlet rolls 9, which becomes 7 due to the -2 and 4 due to the -3 PV, which is more than the 2 AV of the target. | |||
** The final singlet rolls 4, which becomes 2 due to the -2 and -1 due to the -3 PV, which is not more than the 2 AV of the target. | |||
** Thus the attack penetrates an additional time, but not more. | |||
As such, the attack penetrates twice, and the 1d3 of the bite is rolled twice; a 2 and a 3 are rolled, so the attack deals 2+3=5 damage. | |||
= Critical Hits = | = Critical Hits = | ||