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Originally Posted by Nightshade
Not sure I agree; impaling is in some respects a reflection of an attack that hits dead on rather than slightly at an angle, and those _do_ tend to penetrate better.
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It has to do with ballistics. Certain Class rated vests will stop certain slugs. With BRP, since the impale effect is double damage, then it results in a shot being able to penetrate twice the AP protection. This means than a 45 bullet that impales (2d10+4) penetrates better than a 30.06 (2d6+4). That's messed up. Likewise a .32 caliber bullet that implales has the penetrating power of a M16!
Since the spread is so large, the problem gets more pronounced with vehicles.
If the benefit is to represent the attacks ability to damage a person, then ballistic armor should come off first.
As a side note, this would be one way to distinguish between archaic armors and modern ones. That way a 5 point ballistic vest could stop a bullet better than might stop a bullet better than a 7 point shirt of maille.