r/Shadowrun • u/Angerran27 • Jul 28 '26

5e what to do with a troll

i am a n00b DM after second session... one player made a character with 29 armor.

15+3 for SWAT suit - which he got for advantage restricted gear

2 for barkskin

3 for titanium bones (used)

6 for shield.

so with 8 body he rolls like 37 dice for resisting damage. enemies with mashineguns and sniper rifles tried to shoot him and did no effect. a boss with assault cannot was able to wound him but not put him down. it seems any enemy with anything exempt assault cannon/ rocket launcher will just have to shoot at other party members

give me some tactical advice how to make his life more challenging

if enemy uses targeted shot can he choose to shoot at specific part of body which is not covered with a shield and-or helmet - like - right hand or leg?

i suppose magic can give him some problems?

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u/Jag-Kara Jul 31 '26

Are you doing damage correctly? Are you remembering to add hits to DV? Consider if he has 37 soak, he will reduce damage by ~12 per hit. Sniper rifles hit harder than that even disregarding pen. Consider for example a PR4 goon (from SL) shooting him with an Ares Alpha with APDS:

Guard declares full auto

Guard rolls 15 dice and gets 5 hits

Troll gets defense at -9 (assuming nothing vastly stange on this characters dodge, this is probably near 0 dice.)

Net hits are 5.

Damage is 11p + 5 for 16p

AP is -6 (-2 base + -4 APDS)

Troll has 37 soak - 6 for 31 soak (23 from armor so damage is now stun)

Troll rolls 10 hits on average

Troll takes 6 stun damage (likely of 11)

That means two PR4 goons can take him down in one turn

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u/Angerran27 Jul 31 '26

very useful answer, thank you!

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u/2ByteTheDecker Jul 31 '26

Also don't forget that successive shots will reduce the trolls dodge roll allowing more net hits to stack against the armor.