Damage to Buildings and Structures

The Structural Damage Table
(p. 558) gives typical DR and HP for
buildings, doors, walls, and similar
inanimate structures. Most such
structures are Homogenous. Assume
that a structurally sound building in
good repair has HT 12. Shoddy con-
struction might reduce this to HT 9-
11, while a quake-resistant building
might have HT 13-14.
Any building “disabled” by going to
0 HP or less and failing a HT roll has
one or more large breaches and loses
electrical power, if any. At -1¥HP or
less, it must make HT rolls to avoid
collapse – just as a character would
roll to avoid death. It collapses auto-
matically at -5¥HP.
Anyone in a collapsing building
takes 3d crushing damage, plus 1d per
story overhead. A victim can attempt
to dive for cover behind a structural
member – see Dodge and Drop
(p. 377). On a success, he receives DR
equal to the building’s exterior wall
DR against this damage, but is still
trapped in the rubble. On a critical
success, he is totally unharmed!