Smash Something
Time Required: 3 seconds
Skill: Varies (Untrained)
You attempt to damage or destroy an object. You can attempt to Smash any item that is unattended, or that is being held by a foe.
Make an attack roll against the Smash TN of the object. If the object is unattended and you have a free hand, you may choose to roll Athletics to Smash the object instead.
Substance | Smash TN |
---|---|
Cloth, paper, rope | 7 |
Crystal, glass, ice | 11 |
Wood, bone | 15 |
Stone, Quartz | 20 |
Corundum (most gemstones) | 21 |
Iron, steel | 22 |
Diamond | 24 |
Unobtanium† | 25+ |
†Any fantasy material that is harder than diamond.
A Smash attempt suffers slight if it is made against an item being held by a foe. If the Smash attempt is being made with both hands (such as with a two-handed weapon, or the character has both hands free when rolling Athletics), the check has favour. The Director can impose favour or slight for other conditions, or even rule an attempt to break something automatically a success or failure.
- Failure: No damage is inflicted to the object.
Note that a Destroyed object is still physically present; it is merely unusable for its intended purpose.
A goblin attempts to Smash Eldrin's targe. As the targe is a wooden shield, its Smash TN is 15, and the goblin suffers slight to his attempt due to the fact that Eldrin is holding the shield. Unfortunately for Eldrin, the goblin rolls a 4, 7 and 8, and after discarding the 8, still has a total of 15. Eldrin's shield becomes Broken.