[Runequest] Runequest Digest, Vol 12, Issue 10

[Tom Cantine]

That's where SIZ comes in, which is also a component of damage bonus.  
A more massive character will budge less.

I think the virtual armour takes care of the damage issue rather well. 
Damage bonuses should still apply, but the drag of the water is best 
modelled as armour. If anything, I should think STR and SIZ would be 
MORE important underwater, so I'd almost be tempted to exempt damage 
bonuses from the virtual armour.

On 26-Mar-09, at 10:09 AM, Robert Hoffman wrote:

> I’d actually assume no strength bonus unless the person was solidly 
> anchored to something or had some forward momentum given that you’re 
> essentially weightless and any force directed towards the opponent 
> will be equally directed back at the attacker. 
>  
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>  
> At 01:32 AM 3/26/2009, you wrote:
>
> OK, and what about damage modifier and Dodge?
>  Is Dodge also limited by your Swim skill?
>
>
>  I don't think damage modifier should be changed, per se.  You should 
> probably have some "false armor" for water resistance and/or a penalty 
> to hit, but that should apply pretty unitarily; its not like something 
> big and strong won't be effected just as much in an absolute sense, 
> its just that its damage will be enough higher not to matter as much.
>
>  Dodge is tricky; I don't think any human is likely mobile enough in 
> the water to get a normal dodge value, though some animals certainly 
> are.  But I'm not quite sure what I'd consider appropriate.
>
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