Armor vs Body

[spaceunicorn]

What's the difference between an item with +1 armor and an item with +1 body. I can't seem to find what body does?

thanks

[TheBasque]

I know that body is a stat, like Will Power or Strength, and it gives you hitpoints which increase by ten per point. I believe Armor behaves as damage reduction though I am not sure.

[Syntax Error]

Yeah it's +10 hp per Body, and the SRR wiki says it "Increases chance to take reduced damage from attacks.", whatever that means. So it does SOMETHING besides +hp, which I'm real curious about now.

[Combat Wombat]

armor and body combine to provide charcters resistance to crittal attacks. as in they don't hit as hard, and increases the odds of a weak hit. well, it shifts the odds of each attack type into more favorable portions for the charcter getting hit.

[INsaneyAC]

It must be resistance to critical, because I never noticed any reduced damage amount from higher armor. If you wear something with +BODY, you do not receive extra hitpoints, only whatever other bonuses BODY infers on you. Same with cyberware BODY bonuses.

[Combat Wombat]

@ insaneyac everything i've gotten with +body for has gotten me those extra hp. cyberware or items, hasen't made a differernce.

and for everygody else, get a mage with a -armor spell and a weapon with a suficent skill that lets you see your crittical hit%. note the crit chance, apply the - armor, then recheck your crit chance, it will have gone down.

[INsaneyAC]

@feral zombie
That's odd. My last character was a street samurai and I had 6 body, armor that gave me +1 body and cyberware that gave me +1 body, but my hitpoints in the character screen still said 60. Perhaps it changed in the tactical combat screen, I will have to reload and check.