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<blockquote data-quote="Primitive Screwhead" data-source="post: 6356825" data-attributes="member: 20805">The way I have been running SOAK is that weapon damage is blocked by generic SOAK, and this includes magical/psionic attacks that specify 'physical damage'. Everything else needs to have the specialized SOAK for that specific damage type.I imagine that advanced armors have 'environmental soak' that would block the natural elements (fire/cold/etc) while specialized armor would still be needed to block the weird damage types {sonic/ion/radiation}. As to stacking SOAK, I think this has to be part of the rule set but some simple means to avoid misuse of basic armor types. I haven't been asked this question {playing OLD so less of an issue} but I love CP2020 which does have this as an issue. What do you do with a character who gets subdermal armor Soak 5, Kevlar jumpsuit Soak 5, tailored ballistic clothing Soak 10, and a Kevlar vest Soak 15? Does he get a total Soak of 35?&nbsp; &nbsp; In a WEG Star Wars game I have a character that is close to this level of armored and playing him is a blast, there have been battles in which I was shooting at the stormtroopers grenades at point blank range in order to trigger them.&nbsp; I think it has to be up to the GM, but a sidebar on the hazards of allowing one high SOAK tank while other PCs are squishy should be included.&nbsp; I would allow the aforementioned stacking up to SOAK 35 because it makes sense. Wearing a Kevlar Vest with a powered exoskeleton doesn't.In my OLD playtest, I have already encountered issues with SOAK at low levels and think that 1 point of damage per die should always breach soak as minimum damage. This allows for stacking while not having to track damage to armor or other note-taking intensive method.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Primitive Screwhead, post: 6356825, member: 20805"] The way I have been running SOAK is that weapon damage is blocked by generic SOAK, and this includes magical/psionic attacks that specify 'physical damage'. Everything else needs to have the specialized SOAK for that specific damage type. I imagine that advanced armors have 'environmental soak' that would block the natural elements (fire/cold/etc) while specialized armor would still be needed to block the weird damage types {sonic/ion/radiation}. As to stacking SOAK, I think this has to be part of the rule set but some simple means to avoid misuse of basic armor types. I haven't been asked this question {playing OLD so less of an issue} but I love CP2020 which does have this as an issue. What do you do with a character who gets subdermal armor Soak 5, Kevlar jumpsuit Soak 5, tailored ballistic clothing Soak 10, and a Kevlar vest Soak 15? Does he get a total Soak of 35? In a WEG Star Wars game I have a character that is close to this level of armored and playing him is a blast, there have been battles in which I was shooting at the stormtroopers grenades at point blank range in order to trigger them. I think it has to be up to the GM, but a sidebar on the hazards of allowing one high SOAK tank while other PCs are squishy should be included. I would allow the aforementioned stacking up to SOAK 35 because it makes sense. Wearing a Kevlar Vest with a powered exoskeleton doesn't. In my OLD playtest, I have already encountered issues with SOAK at low levels and think that 1 point of damage per die should always breach soak as minimum damage. This allows for stacking while not having to track damage to armor or other note-taking intensive method. [/QUOTE]

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