Editing Supers of Leyline Island (section)

=== Weapons and Armour Rating ===

The optional Weapon and Armor rating rules apply with the following changes. As suggested ratings are capped at 4 (or at least till further notice).

Characters with a superskill equivalent of physique, will or a defensive superskill in general gain an Armor rating for the appropriate stress as shown in the table below. Those with a superskill equivalent of fight, shoot or general aggressive superskill gain a Weapon rating in a similar manner for that skill.

Ratings can be also gained from stunts, with a always on stunt giving a plus 1 bonus and a circumstantial start giving a plus 2. This stacks with the skill bonus which is called your innate bonus.

Items can also give Rating and when buy or asking a contact for such an item the difficulty to acquire to be twice the Weapon rating or 3 times the Armour Rating. Rating from Items do not stack with Innate bonus only the highest bonus counts.

When attacking a character can always pull their blow or forgo their defense and use less then maximum Rating. 

==== Skill Level and Rating ====

Note this table goes beyond the skill rating at the start of the game.

* Fair and below +0
* Good and Great +1
* Superb and Fantastic +2
* Epic and above +3

==== Rough Guide to Ratings ====

As weapons ratings.

* Rating 0, unarmed and improvised weapons
* Rating 1, small arms, all but the most damaging melee weapons, most civilian handguns and tazers fit here
* Rating 2, standard arms, police grade handguns, light rifles and greatswords
* Rating 3, military arms, AK-47s, elephant guns
* Rating 4, artillery and super tech/magic weapons