Grab Bag said:Q: If someone misses but would have hit were it not for your armor, does it do any wear-and-tear damage to your armor, or is that just hits?
A: Misses don't cause any wear and tear to armor.
Q: Does a miss wear down your weapon/shield less than a hit, or at all?
A: Regular melee misses don't cause any damage to the weapon, though parries, blocks, and fumbles (which are basically a special case of miss - if you hadn't fumbled you still would have missed anyway) do.
Q: If someone hits, but just barely, does it do more damage, or is damage calculated irrespective of how much you exceeded AF and such by?
A: Wear and tear to armor does not factor in the amount of damage done in the strike. At some point we can’t be TOO realistic or the game will bog down
Q: Are critical hits rolled for before the attack is calculated to hit/miss, or do you only have a chance to "spend" a crit when you hit?
A: Critical hits are only possible once a hit has already been determined.
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