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Message no. 1
From: Justin Pinnow <vanyel@*******.NET>
Subject: RBB2 Question
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 07:49:56 -0500
Hiya folks :)

I have a player who wants to run a Rigger. Thus, I went out and purchased
the RBB2 and we have been working at learning the rules through lots of
practice. One thing I can't figure out, however, has to do with the
actions a driver can perform with his vehicle. For the most part, the
rules make sense. However, what if what he wants to do is both a special
maneuver AND requires braking or accelleration? Can you only do one? Can
you combine two different things? If so, are there rules for this that I
missed? I'm confused. ;)

The example we had was that he wanted to swing his car to a right angle
with another (parked) car. He was going slow enough that a successful
braking test would allow him to stop (with enough successes), but isn't the
spin 45 degrees thing a maneuver of its own?

Thanks,

Justin :)
Message no. 2
From: Jon Szeto <JonSzeto@***.COM>
Subject: Re: RBB2 Question
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 19:32:48 EST
Justin Pinnow <vanyel@*******.NET> wrote:

> I have a player who wants to run a Rigger. Thus, I went out and purchased
> the RBB2 and we have been working at learning the rules through lots of
> practice. One thing I can't figure out, however, has to do with the
> actions a driver can perform with his vehicle. For the most part, the
> rules make sense. However, what if what he wants to do is both a special
> maneuver AND requires braking or accelleration? Can you only do one? Can
> you combine two different things? If so, are there rules for this that I
> missed? I'm confused. ;)
>
> The example we had was that he wanted to swing his car to a right angle
> with another (parked) car. He was going slow enough that a successful
> braking test would allow him to stop (with enough successes), but isn't the
> spin 45 degrees thing a maneuver of its own?

Each vehicle action (accelerate/brake, position, ram, hide, relocate) requires
one action. So if you want to combine multiple vehicle actions (accelerate &
ram, for example) you need multiple actions (i.e., get an Initiative result of
11 or better).

In the example you described, that would be considered a Positioning maneuver.
Positioning can be used for one of two things: (1) improving a vehicle's
Maneuver Score, or (2) getting a vehicle to arrive (and/or stop) at a certain
point. See p. 47 (particularly the paragraph at the bottom of the left-hand
column) of Rigger 2 for a better clarification.

Hope that helps,

-- Jon

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