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Destruction Measurement
Disclaimer: DM is NOT a system use to pit damage versus defense versus etc.
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 pour through the whole article.
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.
Stage | Level of Destruction to Person | Materials Destroyed | Usual Causes |
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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 |
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 |
1 | Can cause slight bruising. Maybe even give a black eye. | Paper | A slap, a thrown baseball |
2 | Heavy bruising or skin-breaking. | Glass | A good punch, a paintball gun |
3 | Will cut deep or cause large amounts of trauma | A baseball bat, A pistol | |
4 | Likely will cause a person to pass out entirely from trauma/blood loss | A small caliber rifles, a knife, a magic missile | |
5 | Has the potential to outright kill a person on contact | A standard rifle, a small fireball | |
6 | Will definitely kill a person on contact, body intact | A sniper rifle | |
7 | Person is dead, body is a bit mangled, warped, or otherwise damaged | A shotgun at close range with spreadshot, an anti-materiel rifle | |
8 | Person is dead, body is heavily destroyed. | A chainsaw1) | |
9 | The person's body is gibbed and there's a great big mess of things. | A frag grenade at immediate range | |
10 | There's gibs and a small crater | TNT charge at close range, explosive fireball | |
11 | There's no body, just a crater, usually. | ||
12 | Whatever has killed the person has taken a stone 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. | You are not allowed to make weapons this strong. |