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have been stopped on impact. His five successes would then When one vehicle rams another, make separate Dex-
have been compared to his car’s own Durability (3). The terity + Drive + Handling rolls for each driver in a con-
successes rolled would have exceeded his car’s Durability by tested roll. The ramming driver seeks to make contact and
two, so the car would have folded up against the door like a the defending driver probably seeks to get out of the way.
tin can, suffering two Structure points. If the defender gets more successes, he manages to steer or
Notice that the rules for hitting pedestrians call for gun his engine to safety. If an equal number of successes
no damage done to the ramming vehicle. It’s assumed that are rolled for each side, the charging vehicle misses. In
a normal-sized person does minimal harm to the vehicle either case, the ramming car passes by and another Dex-
that hits him. If, however, the “pedestrian” is big or heavy, terity + Drive + Handling roll must be made for the at-
like a deer or man-wolf, the Storyteller may decide that tacker to retain control of his vehicle.
the ramming vehicle can be harmed. Damage successes If the ramming driver gets more successes in the con-
rolled against the target are compared to the vehicle’s Du- tested action, the attacker hits the target. Roll the ram-
rability. Any excess points are halved (rounding ming car’s Size +1 for every full 10 mph
down) and that many points of Structure traveled. If successes achieved on
are suffered. So, if seven successes this damage roll exceed the tar-
are rolled to damage a man- get vehicle’s Durability, that
wolf, a truck with 3 Dura- excess number is applied as
bility suffers two Structure damage to the tar-
points of Structure. get. The ramming vehicle
may also suffer
some damage.

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