| From: | Loki <daddyjim@**********.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: FASA answer on Flatline and Ammo |
| Date: | Fri, 19 Sep 1997 11:54:45 -0700 |
>
> In a message dated 97-09-18 21:00:21 EDT, you write:
>
> << Q. Normally, according to card text, only one type of ammo may be
used
> per combat. Of course, the extended clip may be used to allow two
> types of ammo in combat. How about Flatline, since he uses two
> different pistols can't each pistol use a different ammo?
>
> A. Yes. That's cool...
> ~~~~~~~~~~ >>
>
> Doesn't the rules on the card mean anything in this situation.
"Only one
> type of Ammo can be used in each combat." is pretty self
explanitory. Is
> their a misprint, or are they just making a ruling to the contrary.
Do they
> just want ammo cards to be cooler? I thought that the armor piercing
> flechette round combo was cool enough when it could only be used with
> extended clip. Let me know what I'm missing here.
There are exceptions to the rules on a card by card basis, especially
with the rares. You have a rule that a runner may only take up to 6
essence cost worth of cyber ware but Hatchetman 2057 ignores that. You
have another rule that a runner may only have two of any kind of
cyberlimb. H-man 2057 ignores that again. You have deployment costs
printed on your gear cards, but several other cards say they get gear
or accessories given to them for free.
So Flatline may use two pistols at once, each pistol may be given
different ammo as an accessory. He fires both pistols simultaneously
in combat, thus getting to use two different kinds of ammo at once. If
it helps, think of him as automatically having the Extended Clip for
free (like Uncle Joe has the chipjack 2 for free, or Ravage has her
Wired Reflexes for free).
Flatline is just one card, and it so happens he's the one card that
gets to use two pistols at once. When they wrote the card text stating
only one kind of ammo may be used in combat at a time, that was
becuase the general rule is also only one weapon may be used in a
given combat. Flatline (like H-man 2057 with the cyberware rules) is
the exception to that.
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