# Bullets dinking off of things

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/bullets-dinking-off-of-things/7646>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [October 23, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/bullets-dinking-off-of-things/7646 "2014-10-23T20:08:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Catfoodbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee59a6/32.png) [@Catfoodbob](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Catfoodbob)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/bullets-dinking-off-of-things/7646/1 "2014-10-23T20:08:54Z")

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mostly for armor with high hardness values where when a bullet hits that said armor if it is a platemail or army helmet, and the armor penetration is not high enough, the bullet should just ricochet off, leaving you unharmed,

but i would keep it to a hardness value over a protection value, cause i really don’t see bullets ricocheting off of a Kevlar vest

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**Author:** ![saltmummy626](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/saltmummy626/32/300_2.png) [@saltmummy626](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/saltmummy626)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 9:26am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/bullets-dinking-off-of-things/7646/2 "2014-10-24T09:26:59Z")

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At certain angles they would, but I think most of the time the bullets just mash themselves flat against the armor, while also putting a serious dent into it depending on the armor type. It would be really cool with power armor though.

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**Author:** ![Catfoodbob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee59a6/32.png) [@Catfoodbob](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Catfoodbob)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 12:14pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/bullets-dinking-off-of-things/7646/3 "2014-10-24T12:14:12Z")

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Perhaphs a tag that gives most bullets a 75 percent chance of just simply bouncing off of power armor