GT: 0-level spell and Armor DR ??

[Dorloran]

Two simple questions about Grim Tales:

What is the spell burn for a 0-level spell? Is it still d6 in the standard campaign?

When using Armor as DR, is there/should there be a minimum of 1 point of damage on a successful hit, even if the armor has DR of, say, 9, and the attack is only capable of doing 8 points max?

 

[The_Universe]

IMO (which is in no way affiliated with Wulf's)...

What is the spell burn for a 0-level spell? Is it still d6 in the standard campaign?

1/2 the normal burn die. So, if you're using d6, burn would be 1d3 for a 0 level spell, 1d2 for d4, and 1d4 for d8.

Alternatively, you could just decrease the die one step for 0 level spells - in that case, you'd roll a d4 for 0 level spells. Of course, there's an argument to be made for including 0 level spells at all....

When using Armor as DR, is there/should there be a minimum of 1 point of damage on a successful hit, even if the armor has DR of, say, 9, and the attack is only capable of doing 8 points max?

No. Just because someone managed to make contact doesn't automatically mean they'll be able to hurt you with that contact.

 

[DanMcS]

When using Armor as DR, is there/should there be a minimum of 1 point of damage on a successful hit, even if the armor has DR of, say, 9, and the attack is only capable of doing 8 points max?

That is not the intent of the rules in Grim Tales. However, it seems like a perfectly reasonable house rule to me, though I might specify that it's a point of subdual damage if the attack was lethal, and no point if the attack was subdual.

 

[HeapThaumaturgist]

Is there a true-DR variant in GT? I know the most popular variant is FDH, which is CONVERSION and not actual DR.

With conversion, if you hit a guy in a Chain Shirt (what I call "cnv 4") for 3 hp of damage, all three of those points are converted to Nonlethal damage with no Lethal damage getting through. With FDH, people still drop at the same time ... in the course of a battle, Nonlethal and Lethal are largely the same thing. FDH merely lets the heroes recover faster between battles and leaves them mostly intact even if they're defeated.

--fje

 

[AdmundfortGeographer]

Two simple questions about Grim Tales:

What is the spell burn for a 0-level spell? Is it still d6 in the standard campaign?

It is in the errata file.

: 0 level spells cause spell burn equal to 1/2 the base spell burn die (d3 for a d6 base die, d4 for a d8 based die, etc.)