| From: | shadowrn@*********.com (Hahns Shin) |
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| Subject: | RPG Novels (was Re: No cyber...) |
| Date: | Tue Apr 2 17:05:02 2002 |
> > return, the orc swung his ax and impaled dave on it's tip. this went on
> > for several minutes until finally the orc fell over. Then Dave whined
> > until Cedric, the cleric healed him."
> >
>
> No more so than SR... "Bob the adept rolls 28 dice in an attempt to
scratch
> his nose...he uses his ambedexterity merit to reduce the target number
since
> he's hold his Force 6 Weapon foci and a force 2 bullet detection, bullet
> repulsion enchanted shield...ooo he rolls all 1's and accidentally stabs
> himself in the forehead!"
>
> If any system used it's rules in the novels it'd read like a really badly
> run roll playing game ;)
Most of the Battletech novels I've read have stayed pretty true to the game
as far as combat is concerned. Most of the "real" action, of course, is
behind-the-scenes politics and maneuver, which is rarely evident in
Battletech games. Big robots shooting a variety of weapons at each other may
not sound too exciting, but the descriptions in the novels are quite
visceral. When a head gets blown off by an ER PPC, I could just hear the
"shit, he rolled boxcars... twice! WTF?" in the background. There is even
one instance of the novels rewriting the game's rules by adding the "I Am
Jade Falcon" maneuver and Triple-Strength Myomer (or my personal favorite,
the "Highlander Burial", even though it is only a standard death from
above). Killer. Maybe I'm just a Battletech fanboy, but I feel that the
novels both accurately portray the universe and the combat of Battletech
game.
Hahns Shin, MS II
Budding cybersurgeon
"Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know
that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed."
-G. K. Chesterton
