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« on: October 17, 2009, 04:20:59 PM »
Q&A not helping.

In the combat chapter force damage is stated as effecting incorporeal targets and references the rules for the Incorporeal Condition which in part states:

Quote from: FC, pg 213, Incorporeal
The character cannot be harmed with physical attacks but is affected by force damage and other non-physical attacks as normal.
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Does this mean that force damage is non-physical?  If so, what does it do to corporeal characters?  One of the players - otherwise, known as my wife - in that other game likes magic missile and would be rather upset with it being a ghost-busting spell only.

While I am fully cognizant that I can house-rule this, I am wondering what the rules as written have to say.
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« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2009, 04:32:48 PM »
Could swear we answered this somewhere already but the search is turning up nothing,

Force damage affects both physical and non-physical targets. It's one of its special characteristics.
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« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2009, 07:56:32 PM »
Thank you for the quick response.  Should I assume that the damage done to corporeal characters is lethal then?
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« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2009, 08:30:47 PM »
Force damage is applied to vitality/wounds, yes.
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« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2009, 08:55:26 PM »
what about the other way around?
Are there any other damage types/sources that can affect incorporeal characters normally?



[edit what qualifies as a non-physical attack? Is it limited to just mind-affecting and whatnot?]
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« Reply #5 on: October 18, 2009, 01:10:23 PM »
Quote from: ludomastro on October 17, 2009, 07:56:32 PM
Thank you for the quick response.  Should I assume that the damage done to corporeal characters is lethal then?

Nope. It's force. One of the critical distinctions with the Mastercraft system is that each attack may only inflict one type of damage and - barring GM-induced stress and/or subdual damage - no damage type may beget another.
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« Reply #6 on: October 18, 2009, 01:11:26 PM »
Quote from: Ferdinand Von Plat on October 17, 2009, 08:30:47 PM
Force damage is applied to vitality/wounds, yes.

All damage is applies to vitality and wounds unless otherwise specified.
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« Reply #7 on: October 18, 2009, 01:12:24 PM »
Quote from: MordOptiMax on October 17, 2009, 08:55:26 PM
what about the other way around?
Are there any other damage types/sources that can affect incorporeal characters normally?

[edit what qualifies as a non-physical attack? Is it limited to just mind-affecting and whatnot?]

We intentionally left this open so the GM can define other "non-physical attacks." We may also define some in future products.
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« Reply #8 on: October 18, 2009, 05:06:18 PM »
Many thanks Crafty_Pat!
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