Stormtiger - Hero System - Damage Classes

Damage Classes (DC) measure the relative raw damage (or "oomph") of an attack, without regard for any of the Advantages or Limitations applied to the power used to create the attack. For most attack powers, the DC will be equal to the number of dice rolled to generate damage.

One of the most common exceptions to this rule is Killing Attacks. Each die of Killing Attack is three DC. As described in the Killing Attack powers, each full die of Killing Attack costs 15pts. Less than a "full die" of killing attack can be purchased for 10pts and 5pts. In the following table you can see the cost for specific numbers of dice of Killing and Normal Attacks.

Note there are two columns listed under Killing Attacks, with slightly different die rolls for the same point cost. The default is to use the left-hand progression (1d6, 1d6+1, 1.5d6), but you can use the the right-hand progression (1d6, 1d6+1, 2d6-1) with the permission of your GM.

DAMAGE CLASS TABLE
DC	Killing		Normal	Active
1	1pt	1pt	1d6	5
2	0.5d6	1d6-1	2d6	10
3	1d6	1d6	3d6	15
4	1d6+1	1d6+1	4d6	20
5	1.5d6	2d6-1	5d6	25
6	2d6	2d6	6d6	30
7	2d6+1	2d6+1	7d6	35
8	2.5d6	3d6-1	8d6	40
9	3d6	3d6	9d6	45
10	3d6+1	3d6+1	10d6	50
11	3.5d6	4d6-1	11d6	55
12	4d6	4d6	12d6	60
13	4d6+1	4d6+1	13d6	65
14	4.5d6	5d6-1	14d6	70
15	5d6	5d6	15d6	75
16	5d6+1	5d6+1	16d6	80
17	5.5d6	6d6-1	17d6	85
18	6d6	6d6	18d6	90
19	6d6+1	6d6+1	19d6	95
20	6.5d6	7d6-1	20d6	100

Many things can affect the DC a power has during a game, so Killing Attacks are frequently written on a character sheet with the number of DC in the power in addition to the base dice in the attack. For example, a hand-to-hand Killing Attack costing 35 active points might be written as:

Claws (KA/H vs PD) 7k/2d+1 (with STR 20, 11k/4d-1)

Temporary modifications to the amount of damage a power does are frequently described as affecting the active points in a power or the number of DC in the power. Recording the number of base DC in a power makes it easier to determine when the maximum number of enhancements have been made to an attack. In the "Claws" example, the base DC in the attack is 7. Enhancements can raise this to a maximum of twice that amount, or 14. This character's STR of 20 will already raise the base DC from 7 to 11. It is easy to see that additional enhancements (like pushing their STR, using levels to raise damage, Aid or Transfers to STR, Combat Maneuvers, Martial Arts, etc.) can add no more than three additional DC to this attack.

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Damage Classes

DAMAGE CLASS TABLE