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Non-point-blank explosions

ArachDusa

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The problem with people surviving a planet-sized explosion, is that they usually aren't planet-sized. Correct me if I'm wrong, but a character surviving a planetary explosion from the planet's surface, while the explosion's epicenter is the core of the planet, doesn't warrant having 5-B durability. The same goes for star-destroying explosions, and most explosions really, but gets worse when the thing that gets destroyed gets bigger, especially when the location of, say, a planet in a galaxy or a planet in the universe, isn't identified in relation to the epicenter.
So how does the wiki calculate someone's durability when they survive a particularly large explosion while standing at the edge of the blast instead of the center? Is there a general rule of thumb for each tier (i.e. someone surviving a galactic explosion from close to the edge of the galaxy has durability level X), or does it always have to be calculated and judged on a case-by-case basis?
 
We are already aware of this, you compare the character's cross sectional area to the surface area of the planet in this regard.
 
 
We are already aware of this, you compare the character's cross sectional area to the surface area of the planet in this regard.
You also need the distance between the epicenter of the explosion and the character. Otherwise the inverse-square law formula falls flat on its face.
 
Yes, but the surface area of the explosion once hit is still main point. But even if we assumed they were physically lying flat on the planet when it exploded, the size of the person and size of planet gap is still taken into account.
 
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