| From: | Snake Eyes snake.eyes@********.att.net |
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| Subject: | Point Blank [RANT] |
| Date: | Thu, 22 Apr 1999 15:17:37 -0700 |
>
>My first experience with Traveler involved a charcter who had a high skill
>with laser rifles. She had managed to convince the Captain who captured
>her and her companions that she was being kidnapped and eventually ended
>up standing behind the Captain as her companions were being loaded on a
>transport. My character stole the laser pistol from her holster without
>her knowledge (a very good roll) and then placed the barrel in physical
>contact with the Captains unarmored back adn pulled the trigger. The GM
>ruled that it was a very difficult shot becuase I had no skill in laser
>pistol (only rifles) and the distance was not optimised for the weapon.
>Somehow my shot missed and she knocked me out.
>
>I haven't played Travler since and have vowed I never will.
This is just a matter of crappy GM-ing. IIRC, Traveller had a perfectly
handy rule regarding coup d'grace shots against an unresisting target.
Even with the unskilled weapon penalty, your GM should have just let you
have the shot.
Any GM who lets the rules get in the way of common sense and otherwise fair
gaming should have his/her license suspended, if not revoked. I probably
would have walked out over that one, just on principle.
A good GM must be able to think outside the box, because that is where the
characters will primarily operate. This applies to SR, too. Otherwise it
might as well just be a card game.
~ Snake Eyes
