Combat Mechanics : How ?

[Bohrson]

Hi everyone,

I usually tend to ask directly to Cory on Twitter but, as I have not found anything about this on the forum and some other people seems to be interested, I will post my question here :
I am very interested in the whole game mechanics (as tabletop rpg conceptor), I believe I understand quite well CK's but there is a combat rule I still do not understand ; how are HP and MP damage calculated when a character gets hurt in battle ?

I have understood that non-lethal weaponry (like stun gloves) deals more MP than HP damage (and even sometimes no HP damage at all) and lethal weaponry (like most fireams) more HP than MP damage (which is normal ; a bullet generally stuns less than a punch but kills easier), but HOW are damage values calculated ?

Is there a formula, like "3 firearm damages = 2HP + 1MP", is it random or are the HP/MP values directly coded in the weapon statistics (and if so, why are not they displayed in the weapon data) ? I do not understand and if someone does, I would be very thankful to him to explain.

(Sorry if my English sucks a bit ; I'm French and although I study very hard, I still make a lot of mistakes.)

[Cory Trese]

For non-lethal ranged:

damage / 2 + 1 => MP
damage / 2 - 1 => HP

The colors make it really hard for me to read your post

[grävling]

Feb 14, 2014 20:00:42 GMT -5 Cory Trese said:

For non-lethal ranged:

damage / 2 + 1 => MP
damage / 2 - 1 => HP

The colors make it really hard for me to read your post

So how is it that I sometimes get all of HP and no MP?

[Cory Trese]

Feb 14, 2014 22:36:28 GMT -5 grävling said:

Feb 14, 2014 20:00:42 GMT -5 Cory Trese said:

For non-lethal ranged:

damage / 2 + 1 => MP
damage / 2 - 1 => HP

The colors make it really hard for me to read your post

So how is it that I sometimes get all of HP and no MP?

This is range when using Tasers, and rolling damage over 3. Bad damage rolls a more likely, with ranged non-lethal, to do HP damage.

[grävling]

Thank you. And the various brown gloves (as opposed to the cyan ones that do MP only)? What is their equations?

Is there anything else that does both?

[Bohrson]

Thank you for your answer !
As Grävling asked, what about other kind of weapons ? Clubs, brown gloves, etc. ? Are their damages equation-based too ?