DR Calculation Check

[cjs65]

Hi, I just wanted to check the DR of a character in my current game.

14th Level Soldier with:
Moderate Platemail 5
Heavy Fittings +2
Fortunes of War II +2
Armour Basics/Mastery/Supremacy +2

Total DR 11

Is this correct? Does Fortunes of War stack with the armour (I believe it does)? This seems like a very high value, especially considering that killing machine the Tarasque is only listed as having DR 10. 

[Deral]

Looks right, it may seem like a lot at first glance- and it certainly is an effective amount, but it's far from insurmountable. The Tarrasque still has at least one thing over this guy, though- his armor can't be ignored by a simple Called Shot trick.

[Takeru]

Incredibly high DR is very very wonderful, but an Assassin with a Stiletto would be burning through all but 1 point of it. If he's got an upgraded stiletto? Your armor is now a hindrance to your fighting capabilities due to what it does to your defense.

Every fighting style has a counter in Fantasy Craft and I love it. You will truly laugh off all but the most dedicated or skilled of combatants, so you have almost nothing to fear from most Standard Enemies. Keep an eye out for Specials though, because that armor can be a hindrance if it's hurting your Defense and they have ways through your DR.

[Atr]

Add Shield Mastery feat to that soldier and then you'll have a problem.

[paddyfool]

Incredibly high DR is very very wonderful, but an Assassin with a Stiletto would be burning through all but 1 point of it. If he's got an upgraded stiletto? Your armor is now a hindrance to your fighting capabilities due to what it does to your defense.

Every fighting style has a counter in Fantasy Craft and I love it. You will truly laugh off all but the most dedicated or skilled of combatants, so you have almost nothing to fear from most Standard Enemies. Keep an eye out for Specials though, because that armor can be a hindrance if it's hurting your Defense and they have ways through your DR.

Electrical damage being about the easiest (unless, of course, you're playing with the "Faraday Suit" campaign property [/shameless self-linkage])

[Morgenstern]

Trip him. A lot of armor benfits go away when you're sprawled...

[cjs65]

Trip him. A lot of armor benfits go away when you're sprawled...

Can you give an example please? I'm struggling to find any benefit that is lost.

[Deral]

Trip him. A lot of armor benfits go away when you're sprawled...

Can you give an example please? I'm struggling to find any benefit that is lost.

Not -too- much is lost when sprawled, but DR from Armor is halved:

Damage  Reduction  granted  by the armor. This decreases to 1/2 (rounded up) when the wearer  is held, helpless, pinned, sprawled, or unconscious.

Fortunes of War wouldn't be affected, but the Armor feats and fittings very likely would, dropping his DR by 4- DR 7 is still pretty decent, however.

You could, of course, always just throw Acid at him, all those damage saves the armor gets aren't worth a whole lot in that case.

[cjs65]

Interesting, thanks. I'd missed the whole halving thing. 

[Krensky]

A sniper with a heavy crossbow or an arbelast will mess him up as well.