Touching an Opponent

{{Combat}}
An option of close combat is intentionally making contact with a target, whether by hand or with a hand-held item, but without doing harm.  This effort is considered touching, and might be performed to plant a bug on someone, to count coup, to deliver the effect of an occult incantation or to knowingly spread an infection. It's assumed that a target doesn't want to be touched. If there's no resistance involved, the Storyteller can decree that a touch is performed automatically. 
* '''[[Action]]''': [[Instant]]
* '''Dice Pool''': [[Dexterity]] + [[Brawl Skill|Brawl]] or [[Dexterity]] + [[Weaponry Skill|Weaponry]]

{{info}} No damage is delivered through an intentional touch, even if multiple successes are rolled.

{{info}} No successes rolled in an effort to touch a target means your character misses altogether.


==Defense==
A resisting target's [[Defense]] always applies against a touch, subtracting dice from your Dexterity + Brawl or Dexterity + Weaponry pool.


==Armor==
If actually making contact with the target's skin is not an issue -- any part of him or his person can be contacted to achieve an effect -- armor does not apply to efforts to touch. [[Armor]] rating is not subtracted from dice pools to make a touch. 
* If making contact with skin is necessary, a target's armor applies normally.


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