| From: | Conrad Mikaelian <MLoki@***.COM> |
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| Subject: | Re: FASA answer on Flatline and Ammo |
| Date: | Fri, 19 Sep 1997 15:46:33 -0400 |
<< 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. >>
I understand how the exceptions per card work but Flatline Doesn't say that
he can use two different types of ammo in one combat. As far as I knew even
if two completely seperate runners had two different guns with an ammo card
on each gun they still could Not use both ammo cards. Flatline's card text
says nothing about breaking the two ammo card rule. It is printed plain and
clear on the ammo cards and nothing on any other card breaks this rule except
extended clip. All I'm saying is that they need to clarify thier wording or
change it to mean what they say.
