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--- guide:destruction_measurement [2017/03/15 18:19] – moogle
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-=====Destruction Measurement=====
+===== Destruction Measurement =====
-Disclaimer: DM is NOT a system use to pit damage versus defense versus etc.
+|**Disclaimer:** The Destruction Measurement is NOT a system use to pit damage versus defense versus so on and so forth. It is a writing guideline for technology and play, and is thus subject to interpretation and revision by a Player, Storyteller, or Game Master.|
-Destruction Measurement is a method of measuring the effective level of havok a singular weapon can wreak. It is a very loose method, and is not based on damage over time or singular rounds, but the amount of damage it can do to a single person (and the collateral, if applicable). It exists to give writers an easy way to gauge how destructive a gun or bomb is without having to pour through the whole article.
+Destruction Measurement is a method of measuring the effective level of havok a singular weapon can wreak. It is a very loose method, and is not based on damage over time or singular rounds, but the amount of damage it can do to a single generic, unaltered human (and the collateral, if applicable). It exists to give writers an easy way to gauge how destructive a gun or bomb is without having to understand the physics behind the weapon, and in cases of idle browsing save the time of pouring through the whole article.
-^Stage^Level of Destruction^
+Apply common sense in dealing with the destruction a weapon can do. A pistol is not going to pierce the armour of a tank, but the right rocket sure will! Additionally, when factoring in DM for cybernetics or sturdier races, again use common sense. Most things will not shrug off a rocket to the face, but a person made of metal will be able to take anything under a 4 no problem.
-|U|Unique. Used for specialized weaponry that has strange effects, such as irradiation-based weapons. Can be used in conjunction with the below stages.|
-|0|It is effectively like firing foam darts at the person, not even bruising their skin. Congratulations, it's useless.|
+^Stage^Level of Destruction to Person^Materials Penetrated/Destroyed^Usual Causes^
-|1|Can cause slight bruising. Maybe even give a black eye.|
+|U|Unique. Used for specialized weaponry that has strange effects, such as irradiation-based weapons.\\ Can be used in conjunction with the below stages.|Varies|Tasers, dirty bombs, flamethrowers, molotov cocktails, concussion grenades|
-|2|Heavy bruising or skin-breaking. Comparable to throwing a decent punch|
+|0|It is effectively like firing foam darts at the person, not even bruising their skin.\\ Congratulations, it's a toy!|Someone's feelings|A foam dart gun, a water pistol, strong language|
-|3|Will cut deep or cause large amounts of trauma|
+|1|Can cause slight bruising. Maybe even give a black eye.|Paper, glass((Made of [[wp>Soda-lime_glass|Soda-Lime]], the most common civilian mixture.))|A slap, a thrown baseball|
-|4|Likely will cause a person to pass out entirely from trauma/blood loss|
+|2|Heavy bruising or skin-breaking.|Thicker glass|A good punch, a paintball gun|
-|5|Has the potential to outright kill a person on contact|
+|3|Will cut deep or cause large amounts of trauma|Plaster or drywall, plastic, eighth inch of wood, common fabrics, soft leather|A baseball bat, a pistol, a submachine gun|
-|6|Will definitely kill a person on contact, body intact|
+|4|Likely will cause a person to pass out entirely from trauma/blood loss|House wall with insulation, hardened leather|A small caliber rifle, a knife, a magic missile, a string of firecrackers|
-|7|Person is dead, body is a bit mangled, warped, or otherwise damaged|
+|5|Has the potential to outright kill a person on contact|Dense plastic|A standard rifle, a shotgun at medium range with spreadshot, a small fireball, a frag grenade's shrapnel, a fireworks explosion|
-|8|Person is dead, body is heavily destroyed.|
+|6|Will definitely kill a person on contact, body intact|Quarter inch of hardwood, ballistic fabrics, thin sheet of [[material/hellenium]]|A sniper rifle, a battle rifle|
+|7|Person is dead, body is a bit mangled, warped, or otherwise damaged|Layered/quilted ballistic fabrics, reinforced glass|A shotgun at close range with spreadshot|
+|8|Person is dead, body is heavily destroyed.|Ballistic ceramic plates, a thin tree|A chainsaw against flesh((Groovy~ Try not to think too hard about the chainsaw gumming up.)), an anti-materiel rifle|
+|9|The person's body is gibbed and there's a great big mess of things.|Dirt/earth, eighth inch of [[material/hellenium]], a tree|A diamond-toothed chainsaw, a frag grenade at immediate range|
+|10|There's gibs and a small crater|A quarter-inch of [[material/hellenium]], stone, a thick tree|A TNT charge at close range, an explosive fireball|
+|11|There's no body, just a crater or a smoking pair of shoes.|Concrete, sandbags, asphalt|A rocket launcher|
+|12|Whatever has killed the person has taken a wall with it.| | |
+|13|And there goes the small cottage the person was standing in| | |
+|14|The cottage is now a crater| | |
+|15|The cottage is destroyed and the surrounding buildings have taken heavy damage.| | |
+|20|If the cottage had been a city block, the that entire city block is reduced to rubble.| | |
+|25|An entire town is wiped off the map. If in a city, it's an entire district.| |A small nuclear bomb|
+|30|An entire city is gone| |A heavy nuclear bomb.|
+|35|An entire region is laid to waste.| | |
+|40|A whole continent has been cleansed.| | |
+|42|Whatever has been destroyed is basically so destroyed that their soul has witnessed life, the universe, and everything in their final moments.| | |
+|45|A weapon of such magnitude that not only is the person wiped from existence, but so is their whole planet.| |A Murderball|
+|50|This weapon has wiped out the entire star system a person was in.| |Star-exploding weapons.|
+|51+|Congratulations, you ruined it for everybody.|The admin's patience.|**__//No.//__**|