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Message no. 1
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Damion Milliken)
Subject: Magic Bullets
Date: Sun Jul 22 02:10:01 2001
BD writes:

> Time to rehash old topics. If I wanted to enchant orichalcum bullets
> with alternate enchanting rules and spray them full-auto, would they be
> able to pierce astral barriers, could I ground spells through them, what
> autofire rule system should I use, what calibre would 8M translate into,
> could I hit a Stealth-using, troll, bouncer Adept, and what if I fired them
> into space from a Stonewall Main Battle Tank's rail-gun? Well?

My players have come up with a good idea: warded hollowpoint bullets. Using
the rules for "Pressing Through a Barrier" on page 83 or MitS, this is quite
an effective manifested spirit/dual being killer. The being makes a Charisma
test with a TN of the ward's Rating. If they get more than half the wards
Rating (round down) in successes, then nothing happens. If the get at least
1, but less than half, they drop astral perception (if they can), or are
forced to astrally project (if they can). If they can do neither, they are
forced though the ward, and take (ward Rating x 2)D Stun, resisted with
Willpower. No successes and they are disrupted. With a Force 10 or so ward
(quite achievable if you don't mind spending 10 hours making it), this is
very effective.

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Unofficial Shadowrun Guru E-mail: dam01@***.edu.au
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Message no. 2
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Shiro BsquLadat)
Subject: Magic Bullets
Date: Mon Jul 23 11:45:01 2001
--- Damion Milliken <dam01@***.edu.au> wrote:
> My players have come up with a good idea: warded
> hollowpoint bullets. Using
> the rules for "Pressing Through a Barrier" on page
> 83 or MitS, this is quite
> an effective manifested spirit/dual being killer.
> The being makes a Charisma
> test with a TN of the ward's Rating. If they get
> more than half the wards
> Rating (round down) in successes, then nothing
> happens. If the get at least
> 1, but less than half, they drop astral perception
> (if they can), or are
> forced to astrally project (if they can). If they
> can do neither, they are
> forced though the ward, and take (ward Rating x 2)D
> Stun, resisted with
> Willpower. No successes and they are disrupted. With
> a Force 10 or so ward
> (quite achievable if you don't mind spending 10
> hours making it), this is
> very effective.

For Christ sake!!!!!!!!!
Drop this idea!!It destroys the game!!!!!!
I hope you didn't let your players go through with
this abomination!!!

====-It didn't look so big in paper!!!!
-Ideas grow,Shiro.Sometimes bigger than life!

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Message no. 3
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Sebastian Wiers)
Subject: Magic Bullets
Date: Mon Jul 23 21:55:01 2001
>My players have come up with a good idea: warded hollowpoint bullets. Using
>the rules for "Pressing Through a Barrier" on page 83 or MitS, this is
quite
>an effective manifested spirit/dual being killer.

If the spirit tries to pass through the bullet, sure. Wards can't be moved
(doing so distrupts the ward) so theres not much point in trying to use them
as weapons.

-Mongoose
Message no. 4
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Damian Sharp)
Subject: Magic Bullets
Date: Tue Jul 24 00:45:01 2001
On Sun, 22 Jul 2001, Sebastian Wiers wrote:

> >My players have come up with a good idea: warded hollowpoint bullets. Using
> >the rules for "Pressing Through a Barrier" on page 83 or MitS, this is
> quite
> >an effective manifested spirit/dual being killer.
>
> If the spirit tries to pass through the bullet, sure. Wards can't be moved
> (doing so distrupts the ward) so theres not much point in trying to use them
> as weapons.

I thought you could ward a mobile space (like a car), without the ward
collapsing. No?

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Message no. 5
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Gurth)
Subject: Magic Bullets
Date: Tue Jul 24 05:10:03 2001
According to Sebastian Wiers, on Sun, 22 Jul 2001 the word on the street was...

> If the spirit tries to pass through the bullet, sure. Wards can't be moved
> (doing so distrupts the ward) so theres not much point in trying to use them
> as weapons.

Whether or not something is moving depends entirely on what you assume is
standing still...

For magic, though, it's probably best to say the Earth is stationary.
However, that causes problems with warding vehicles.

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