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Message no. 1
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Bryan Pow)
Subject: ShadowRN digest, Vol 1 #1686 - 26 msgs
Date: Thu Dec 13 18:10:01 2001
> Seeing as how "Center Mass" is the usual target, if you are to make a
random
> hit table the torso should be the most likely area of the body to be hit.
> Now, I personally feel the Hit Table should be weighted by the skill of the
> shooter. If we are to take as fact that everyone that learns a firearms
> skill is taught (or reasons) that the center of mass is the desired target,
> the higher the skill, the more likely the torso would be hit.
> Unfortunately, this would require at the very least 6 individual hit tables
> to accommodate the 6 basic skill levels. You will need more as I am sure
> you can imagine. But, if the hit table was included with the character
> sheet, this suddenly becomes a low issue issue.

Well for the Skill Level thing just have a simple table like
1 arm
2 arm
3 leg
4 Abdomen
5 Torsoe
6 Torsoe*

And just role a number of dice equal to his skill and take the highest result. Low skill
people always hit center most of the time, while high skill people will almost garuntee
it.
The Aterisk on the second torsoe is incase you want head shots you can either replace it
with head (V Powerful) or just allow 6's to be rerolled for a chance at head. (Note, this
is a very quit jot of my idea that only just popped into my head).


Ein scharfes Schwert schneidet sehr, eine scharfe Zunge noch viel mehr.
The tongue is sharper than any sword.
Message no. 2
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Bryan Pow)
Subject: ShadowRN digest, Vol 1 #1686 - 26 msgs
Date: Thu Dec 13 18:20:01 2001
> (a) The most commonly carried weapon in SR is a Heavy Pistol. Heavy Pistols
> in SR have a Power of 9. Higher than Assault Rifles, equivalent to most
> Sporting Rifles. Much better at penetrating armour than an SMG (Power 6), or
> Assault Rifle (Power 8).

Don't know much about assault rifles, but their range is alot better. Same with SMG's.


> (b) What is the use of an SMG in SR? It does 6M damage. Why pack this when
> you can carry a smaller, lighter, more damaging burst fire Heavy Pistol?

You can get two bursts off. The only Hvy pistols that are Burst are the Savalet, where it
requires a complex action, and a Thunderbolt(?) that fires only burst fire. Other than
that, maybe for range? I feel that SMG's and AR's are underpowered, especially when you
consider a Thompson was 45 calliber and some modern SMG's arre as well.

> (c) Have you ever seen anyone carry a Light Pistol in SR? They do a measly
> 6L, and most of them have Concelabilities and ammo capcities comparable to
> Heavy Pistols.

A few times, but they were ditched quickly.

> (d) A twin break Walther Palm pistol does 4L? Don't those sort of things
> usually pack two rather large calibre rounds? It's a last resort Hold Out
> Pistol, after all.

A street sam did an aimed shot to a guys head, going for 2's (because of the aiming) so it
did 4M, the guy didn't know it was coming so couldn't dodge. It did a medium wound only.
The player was most annoyed.

> (e) Most Shotguns in SR do 9S. They penetrate armour better than Assault
> Rifles? Really?

Thats a point, AR's should go through armour better than SG's.

> (f) Who'd ever carry a Heavy Machine Gun in SR? They weigh about twice as
> much as a Medium Machine Gun, and only do 12S compared to the MMGs 11S. They
> suck.

What is a MMG?, a M60 maybe, with a light being a Minimi, and a Heavy being a Browning
50cal? In that case, yeah, they suck.

> (g) A Sniper Rifle in SR does 14S. A Sporting Rifle 9S. What, exactly, is
> the difference between the sort of rounds these type of weapons typically
> fire?

I think sniper rifles have longer barrels and may firebigger bullets, but I'm not sure, in
fact I remember that some sniper rifles fire AR rounds. I think normal sniper rifles
should
be about 10-12S with the Barret at 14 D, after all a barret is also considered a light
vehicle and aircraft weapon.

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The tongue is sharper than any sword.

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