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Message no. 1
From: "Mike (Leszek Karlik)" <trrkt@******.COM>
Subject: Question concerning movement
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 02:51:50 +0000
Hmmm...

I have always thought that reflex enhancements, among other things,
allow one to, well, run like hell. This was mainly due to the story
in the SR2, where Nameless states that "movin' through a downtown
crowd at 70 kph isn't the smart thing to do". Also, when I saw that
initiative and reflex enhancements really do matter (unlike CP2020,
which is one of the reasons why I prefer SR to CP...), and that they
give additional actions, I thought: "That figures. With reflex
enhancement, I can have 2 or more combat phases a turn instead of the
normal one, so I can take two running actions and run at twice the
human rate...".
But recently, when translating the available Actions into Polish for
those unfortunate co-players of mine who don't know the language of
Shakespeare, I've found this little sentence in the "Movement"
section of "Combat" chapter:
"Characters who have multiple Actions may run only in one of those
Combat Phases, but it does not matter which."

Does this make sense?

Nope. (Run walk walk, walk run walk, walk walk run... Kinda stupid,
isn't it?)

So, what do you think about it?


Mike (Leszek Karlik) - trrkt@******.com; http://www.wlkp.top.pl/~bear/mike
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Message no. 2
From: David Buehrer <dbuehrer@****.ORG>
Subject: Re: Question concerning movement
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 17:53:38 -0600
Mike wrote:
|
| "Characters who have multiple Actions may run only in one of those
| Combat Phases, but it does not matter which."

Yep, that's what it says.

| Does this make sense?
|
| Nope. (Run walk walk, walk run walk, walk walk run... Kinda stupid,
| isn't it?)
|
| So, what do you think about it?

I'm fine with it. If it was run, run, run, then that would be way to much
of a bonus for enhanced character, IMO.

-David
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Message no. 3
From: Loki <daddyjim@**********.COM>
Subject: Re: Question concerning movement
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 1997 23:56:04 -0700
---David Buehrer wrote:
>
> Mike wrote:
> |
> | "Characters who have multiple Actions may run only in one of those
> | Combat Phases, but it does not matter which."
>
> Yep, that's what it says.

I'm probably having a brain fart as my shift at work is coming to an
end, but where exactly does it say this? This little phrase here may
help me resolve an issue that's bugged me for a while. :o)

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Message no. 4
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Question concerning movement
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 12:07:31 +0100
Loki said on 23:56/21 Jul 97...

> > | "Characters who have multiple Actions may run only in one of those
> > | Combat Phases, but it does not matter which."
> >
> > Yep, that's what it says.
>
> I'm probably having a brain fart as my shift at work is coming to an
> end, but where exactly does it say this? This little phrase here may
> help me resolve an issue that's bugged me for a while. :o)

SRII page 83, the sentence directly above Walking.

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Message no. 5
From: Mark Steedman <M.J.Steedman@***.RGU.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Question concerning movement
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 13:34:54 GMT
Mike (Leszek Karlik) writes

> "Characters who have multiple Actions may run only in one of those
> Combat Phases, but it does not matter which."
>
> Does this make sense?
>
> Nope. (Run walk walk, walk run walk, walk walk run... Kinda stupid,
> isn't it?)
>
> So, what do you think about it?
>
Its a 'simple' way of avoiding characters with wired 2 going 3 times
as fast as those without. Reflex enhancements increase reaction times
mostly, more running speed requires more power not better reflexes
mostly (though everything helps). The result is not very good but the
only other solutions are crazy (riddiculous running speeds, even with
this rule i have a PC in my game that can run the 100m in about 3.3
seconds or so!) or require you to add up the rule given and divide
the total distance by your actions (so splitting your movement up
evenly once more). In practice few characters spend much time running
flat out in rounds in which they attack anything (well for more than
one action) so it usually doesn't matter.

Mark
Message no. 6
From: MC23 <mc23@**********.COM>
Subject: Re: Question concerning movement
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 09:36:38 -0400
Mike (Leszek Karlik) once dared to write,

>"Characters who have multiple Actions may run only in one of those
>Combat Phases, but it does not matter which."

Don't agree with it, don't use it.

- MC23, who is being a rebel against the system B>]# -
Message no. 7
From: Loki <daddyjim@**********.COM>
Subject: Re: Question concerning movement
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 15:15:51 -0700
---Gurth wrote:
>
>
> SRII page 83, the sentence directly above Walking.

Thanx...found it! I must've just skipped over it before. :o)

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thanks to that fire elemental, and we've got the Baron running around
screaming assassins...assassins...oh eek, assassins!"
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