Penetration Damage

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Background

Penetration Damage is damage done by a pointed weapon, such as a knife or gun shot. This type of damage is typically seen as durability negation due to pointed weapons stretching the impact area and crushing it, weakening the tensile strength enough to easily create an entrance wound area. Typically in fiction there are characters that are far higher tier then the regular real world humans that can still be harmed and killed by bullets and sword stabs. An example of this is many old folklore stories of entire armies fighting a massive beast and being able to pierce it with their swords and spears, despite the army being far lower tier then the beast usually. The same can be said for bullets as well due to its piercing nature. While realistically someone with extremely high Durability should be able to bounce off sword stabs and bullets, most of the time the idea is that while characters have extremely high durability, their body is still human, meaning it can be penetrated by much lower tier objects. Piercing damage can also vary depending on whether it's based on physically piercing a target, or through supernatural means. Naturally this means we only accept people that won't be affected by piercing damage to be those with Pierce Resistance.

Types

• Type 1: Physical Penetration: Physical Penetration involves the user piercing the target with a sharp weapon such as a sword or firearm, weakening the inflicted area enough to easily pass through the target and cuase internal damage. Physical Penetration varies per the sharpness of the object, thus some weapons will be less efficient in cutting proficiency.
  • Examples: The Master Sword (The Legend of Zelda), the Power of Love (Scott Pilgrim), the Needle Lazer (Jak and Daxter), the Vampire Killer (Castlevania), and Denji (Chainsaw Man)

• Type 2: Bladed Penetration: Bladed Penetration is attacks from high-powered technological devices that are designed to create openings in reinforced materials such as stainless steel or solid rock. This is often in the form of a high-powered laser or water jet cutters. Unlike Physical Penetration, Bladed Penetration is far stronger than any standard weapons and can easily cut through things much stronger due to its high energy concentration.
  • Examples: The Arasaka HLR-12X Heavy Laser Rifle, Pit's Aquarius Blade (Kid Icarus), Mega Water S (Mega Man), Travis Touchdown's Beam Katana, and Omori

• Type 3: Metaphysical Penetration: Metaphysical Penetration is a piercing attack/weapon that is not of the physical plane. These types of attacks are often targeted towards the soul or mind, thereby bypassing durability entirely. It should be noted that these kinds of attacks should specifically be stated to be on a different level of existence in nature and/or completely ignore all physicality.
  • Examples: Characters from Undertale, Inkling's Sting Ray (Splatoon), the Power Suit's Wave Beam (Metroid), The Knight (Hollow Knight), and Gideon Graves (Scott Pilgrim)

Limatations

• Penetrating damage struggles against armor due to the tensile strength being far greater than flesh (Look to Bulletproof for more explanation)
• The power behind the piercing point might not be powerful enough to be properly used in an applicable scenario.