Spetulhu wrote:Why not 8+3d6? That's a d6 added to the basic penetration of the things. ;-)
As for the serious part, one gets the feeling that the Living Metal rule was written by someone who had no idea armor penetration could ever be anything but Strength + dice.
Another one of the many many basic cross-checking failures that could be fixed if we only live in one of the alternate realities.