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<blockquote data-quote="Velcerick" data-source="post: 6354249" data-attributes="member: 71121">While I'd guess this has been addressed somewhere, I can't find it in the playtest document and it isn't really made clear. How does SOAK (unspecified) affect different types of damage?&nbsp; It appears to soak all kinds of damage, with a few exception spelled out as follows:SONIC: Sonic damage is specifically excluded from general SOAK according to the damage type descriptionPOISON: Poison damage is also specifically excluded from SOAK in a couple of placesION: Ionic damage halves SOAKWhat about the following?Psionic Damage - From Psi-Blast, etc.Other environmental damage types: Cold, Heat, Electricity, etc.? There are all sorts of enhancements to grant SOAK 5 to these types of damage, but they seem irrelevant even in the face of something mundane like a Kevlar Vest (SOAK 5) or a Battle Suit (SOAK 10) where the general SOAK value is as high as the enhanced material or whatever.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Velcerick, post: 6354249, member: 71121"] While I'd guess this has been addressed somewhere, I can't find it in the playtest document and it isn't really made clear. How does SOAK (unspecified) affect different types of damage? It appears to soak all kinds of damage, with a few exception spelled out as follows: SONIC: Sonic damage is specifically excluded from general SOAK according to the damage type description POISON: Poison damage is also specifically excluded from SOAK in a couple of places ION: Ionic damage halves SOAK What about the following? Psionic Damage - From Psi-Blast, etc. Other environmental damage types: Cold, Heat, Electricity, etc.? There are all sorts of enhancements to grant SOAK 5 to these types of damage, but they seem irrelevant even in the face of something mundane like a Kevlar Vest (SOAK 5) or a Battle Suit (SOAK 10) where the general SOAK value is as high as the enhanced material or whatever. [/QUOTE]

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