| From: | Jan-bart van Beek <flake@***.NL> |
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| Subject: | Knocked down |
| Date: | Tue, 11 Apr 1995 19:31:41 +0200 |
When I first posted the article on new knockdown rules, I never
suggested thst people should actually start flying a multiple number of
meters when they get hit by a slug.
I wondered what granetes did to you, when you get hit.
I wondered if people would FALL down if they got hit by a slug.
The grenate thing, I don't know about, but I am VERY VERY sure, that if I
got hit by a grenate at ground-zero even if I was wearing a full-body
protection and got away unscratched, that I would most definetly fall down.
Someone mentioned something about 5 inches, well lift me up 5 inches
while scaring the hell out of me by detonating a grenate right under my
feet, and,hell,yes,I would probably not land properly on my feet again.
The bullet thing, well same thing but a little different. Fire a slug
into me and I will NOT remain standing. I am very sure of that. I will
not fly out of windows by the sheer impact of the tiny piece of lead, but
I most probably will fall over. It's a matter of balance, bracing and luck.
The rules I posted yesterday worked fine last night.
There was a guy standing on top of a wall. He was wearing a heavy
Secu-Armour 7/4. One of the player fired a uzi at him. The bullets of
coarse didn't even penetrate his armour. The attacker hit with 3
successes above deadly. I had him make a dodge test (I used the Threat
rating, that's 3 dice) against the minimum target number (2). The man on
top of the wall scored three successes. That meant he would get hit by a
deadly hit. Ofcourse he took no damage (Standard bullet of 6 vs 7
hardened armour), but he did get those bullet on his chest plate.
I then continued to throw his body+threat against a 5D (Burstfire from
uzi(9) minus impact armour(4) = 5) attack. He got only 3 successes, he
ofcourse needed 4 to remain standing (standard knock-back rules), and
therefore lost his balance and fell off the wall.
Allthough the guy, did not get hurt by the bullets themself or the
knock-back, in the end he got hurt because he fell of a two meter wall.
He got a L wound.
And it all took only about 1 minute of game-time, and three dice roles.
No one really minded the dice roles though, they thought it rather
amusing to see a man fall of a two meter wall and manage to get himself hurt.
Officially one should also check if the guy can get back on his feet.
Thus willpower vs 5 (4 plus a light wound).
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