» Sat Aug 13, 2011 5:06 pm
No DT will completely negate 100% of the damage applied from any weapon. This is the same for the player and the enemy. No matter the DT, 20% of the damage will still be inflicted. If your weapon fires 3 projectiles at 5 damage each, then each projectile is calculated separately. With a DT of 5 or greater, the damage done would be 3 total. Providing all three projectiles landed. 20% of 5 is 1, x3 hits.
EDIT : That is unless the "X #", you are referring to, is the critical chance of the weapon. But I'm sure you are referring to the display of the weapon damage in the pip-boy menu.