Tensile Reinforcement Armour Upgrade.

[Snipercam7]

Possibly a stupid question, but what exactly does this upgrade do? From what I can tell, the Sunder combat manoeuvre can only target held weapons/items or easily accessible weapons/items. From my reading, you can't target armour with it. Is the sole use of this upgrade to improve your armour's ability to resist damage if you leave it unattended and a goblin sets about it with a monkey wrench?

[Snipercam7]

Does anyone have an opinion or rules clarification? I'm anxious to figure it out before my game on Sunday, or at least know if there's no solid use for it as of yet.

[Protoman]

All it does is increase armor's hit points and hardness. You're right armour isn't an applicable target for Sunder maneuvers.

However in-game environmental situations would make it useful, like being stuck in a corrosive atmosphere (page 395), falling in a vat of acid, being in a structure that's FULLY on fire, etc.

Once Alien Archive comes out, might find the equivalent of a space rust monster or some other creature that likes destroying objects not normally targetable by Sunder rules.

For now, save the money or buy some other upgrade with it.

[Snipercam7]

Protoman wrote:

All it does is increase armor's hit points and hardness. You're right armour isn't an applicable target for Sunder maneuvers.

However in-game environmental situations would make it useful, like being stuck in a corrosive atmosphere (page 395), falling in a vat of acid, being in a structure that's FULLY on fire, etc.

Once Alien Archive comes out, might find the equivalent of a space rust monster or some other creature that likes destroying objects not normally targetable by Sunder rules.

For now, save the money or buy some other upgrade with it.

Excellent, thank you for confirming and clarifying. You've been exceptionally helpful. :D