From: | David Buehrer <dbuehrer@******.CARL.ORG> |
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Subject: | Re: Cyber Magnification |
Date: | Tue, 18 Nov 1997 18:20:08 -0700 |
/
/ Ehhh....
/ <RANT>
/ Ever seen a gun with magscope on it? Used in close quarters? Ehh?
/ Well, I have (had) a big problem with cyber magnification... Why?
/ Well, there are no rules for it. The only rules for magnification are
/ given for optical scopes, but they do not work with smartlinks. (So
/ it's wise to assume smartlinks don't work with cyber/magical
/ magnification too).
/ It always annoyed me when somebody combined smartlink and cyber mag 3
/ to have straight 2's in close ranges...
/ Of course, now that I stole Gurth's magscope rules, I'm a happy
/ boy... ;P
/ BTW: Shouldn't magnification have _negative_ effects on close range?
/ It's hard to keep tabs on a fast moving subject when it occupies your
/ whole field of vision... (Of course, my only experience with
/ magnification-aided aiming (or any aiming, for that matter) comes
/ from games, so... ;P )
/ </RANT>
I allow smartlinks to work with image magnification. However, it
doesn't work the way the player usually thinks it will.
With normal vision you can see the smartlink cross-hair in your
peripheral vision. You know when your gun is as much as 70-80 degrees
off target.
With cybered magnification your field of vision is cut down
considerably (10-3 degrees). Now try to bring those cross-hairs on
target. With mag 1 it isn't so bad. With mag 3 it's damn near
impossible (without taking some time).
Try this, for each level of cyber-magnification a character must
spend one action "aiming" to bring his crosshairs into his field of
vision.
Also, if a character has his eyes at a high magnification level he will
quickly lose track of what's going on near by. For each level of
magnification add a positive modifier to "close range" perception tests.
Also, cyber-image magnification is usless with non-smartlinked
weapons. Take a pair of binoculars to a shooting range and look at
your target with them. Now, while still looking through the
binoculars, try to shoot the target.
Cyber magnification is for scouting, not for combat.
-David
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