Hardened

"There's nothing quite as satisfying as that bell-like KLANGG after a shell fails to penetrate the tank. In videogames, anyways."

Hardened is an enhancement that improves Damage Resistance to counteract Armor Divisor, lowering the opposing Armor Divisor by a step, down to (1) (that is, ordinary damage). It is a fairly rare trait (as a character advantage or on items), mainly used on forcefields, tanks and mecha, and some ultratech warbots.

Examples

• C-31 has this enhancement to their^? armor

Notes

GURPS Powers: The Weird p.19:

Taking the full six steps of Hardened counters this enhancement and should also be considered Cosmic, meaning that it counts toward the Cosmic power modifier. Fewer steps only partially counter the Cosmic enhancement and shouldn’t provide the power modifier

Quotes and Discussions

http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=93602 talks about leveled versions based on log function

See Also

• Bend rules: ignores Hardened too
• Irresistible Attack
• Radiation Hardened