(M&M 3e) Bug with equipment ttoughness bonus

[Stilicho88]

Sorry if this was already posted, but my searches didn't find anything, so here ya go.

It looks like the toughness bounus from equipment isn't getting recognized under the "without defensive roll" on the toughness output.

If you create a character with the following, you will see toughness incorrectly display as 6/2:

STA 2
Defensive Roll 2
Undercover vest (+2 toughness)


If you replace the Undercover vest with the actual Protection power (2 ranks) you'll see it correctly display as 6/4.


As far as I understand it, the protection bonus should be treated the same in that situation, regardless of the source, so it looks like a bug.

[Duggan]

It may also be that they're trying to indicate that you have a natural toughness of 2, and 6 with both Defensive Roll and Equipment since there will be times when you're not wearing your armor and/or have had it destroyed. Don't Hard-to-Lose Devices do the same thing?

[Stilicho88]

After you said that I created a removable device with Protection 2, and it showed up correctly as 6/4, so I think it is something tagged on equipment providing toughness that is wrong.

I saw one of the developers posted in another thread that the toughness numbers displayed were "with defensive roll" / "without defensive roll"-- I don't see mention anywhere of them being anything but that.

I also think the numbers are intended to provide a quick reference on common occurrences, and being vulnerable occurs more than being denied your standard equipment, so I don't think it would represent being without equipment bonus as well.