At 04:20 PM 6/12/2006, you wrote:
In the shotgun case it isn't *as* bad. With a listed ROF of 2x9 that is an effective ROF of 18. Thats probably only a +3 or +4 to hit and the recoil number isn't any better. So a reasonable skill of 13 on a reasonable roll will only hit with 2 or 3 separate 1D+1pi hits. And the soft armor will be much better at absorbing the Blunt Force Trauma (probably none unless your GM rounds 6 or 7 pi damage to a point of crushing BFT). However again if there isn't room to spread then it is a much uglier picture. (18/2(D+1) - 18/2(DR))/5. That is going to average 8 points of BFD assuming at least enough DR that it isn't going to penetrate. That's still a pretty bad deal for Joe Average.
Unless the shot was still compacted together in one mass, say within a two yards or so of the muzzle of the shotgun, it's not going to do much to someone wearing a decent vest other than cause one hell of a wound and maybe a cracked rib. Even though the total energy of the payload, in this case, the shot, may be 1500 ft/lbs or thereabouts, the area it covers grows and the individual impacts are much less than this total would lead one to believe.
Slugs are a different story altogether.
I'm pretty sure this is the way it is supposed to be handled, and looking at it I think it is pretty reasonable. A point blank shotgun blast to kevlar is not going to be pleasant and has every probability of being fatal
Again, it would depend on the load of the shotgun, the range, and the vest involved. Against someone with no armor, I would prefer to say potentially fatal, not probably fatal as there's too many cases where people have taken multiple hits of 12ga 00 loads and not DRT (died/dead right there).
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