Beasts and Damage (type and amount)

[andycowley]

Folks,

I have tried (and failed) to find any reference to the type and amount of damage that a beast made with beastmaker actually does in personal combat .. There is one table on page 583 relating to damage done by a beast impacting its target at speed and a table for beast 'weapons' on page 581 but I find no other reference .... anyone got any ideas?

 

[Original_Carl]

C1? I would think Str would indicate the damage the beast does with an attack.

 

[Conspiracy]

Look at page 260 - BladeMaker. It list's the body weapons and their damage types.

 

[Original_Carl]

Thank you, Conspiracy.

Regarding that table on p.260, H1 D1 H2 D2 Hits(v1) -- do these correspond to the V1 and V2 Hit System? What is this table trying to tell me?

If I punch someone with my fist (C1==7), assuming I succeed at my combat task roll, it does...7 hits + 1D of type Blow?

On the table above, let's try the GBK (Great Big Knife). I use my GBK to attack some poor soul of an NPC (C1==7). Assuming I succeed at my combat task roll, what now? Is it 2 hits of type Cut, and 7 + 2D of type Pen?

Thanks in advance for your thoughtful replies.

 

[Conspiracy]

They do correspond to the V1 and V2 hit system.

With V1 a punch (C==7) does a Blow with 7 points of damage.
A tentacle (C==7) does a Hit with 7 points of damage as well as Suffocation of 1 point.

Where under V2 a punch does 1D.
A tentacle does 1D.

I don't understand why the punch is listed as the brawling task does 2D damage to the looser/s.