| From: | Sommers <sommers@*****.UMICH.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Re: [SR3] Mirrorshades!!! and Speed Rules |
| Date: | Thu, 13 Aug 1998 13:23:07 -0400 |
>It's still worthless...who makes called shots at the eyes in the course of
>a normal SR game? And who does so with anything that a single point of
>impact armor is going to effect?
I don't know if it's canon or our house rule (can't remember right now) but
we always halve the called shot modifier in melee combat, and allow for
aiming for attack or counterattack. Once you start doing that, you can get
into strategy of the combat, without making it too complicated.
You're the sammy who goes first but decides to aim instead of couterattack.
When Bruce the physad attacks, you counterattack with a -2 TN. Now you
either go for a direct shot, or make a called shot for effect. Take out the
knee, and he has trouble kicking you or running. Take out an eye and he has
vision mods. Good reason to wear eye protection, the other guy has to break
it first.
Oh, and not attacking and using your action to air for a counterattack is a
nice way for those speed demons to do a lot better in melee combat. After
the first set of actions, you spend as many of the rest of them as you can
aiming for your next attack.
Ex.
Sam has Skill 6, Reaction 10
Bruce has Skill 6, Reaction 6
Sam goes on a 21, Bruce on 9
Sam spends his first action aiming for counterattack
Bruce spends his action attacking with 6 skill dice, TN 4
Sam counterattacks with 6 skill dice, but has two simple action of aiming,
TN 2
Result: Sam has 2 net successes, Bruce takes a light at the end
On 11 and 1, Sam spends 3 simple actions aiming for counterattack and uses
the last one to get in some viscious taunts
Next initiative
Sam goes on a 19, Bruce on a 12
Sam attacks, called shot to the eyes to blind (special effect, we call it
+4 in melee), TN 4+4-3=5
Bruce counterattacks, light wound, TN 4+1=5
Result: Bruce has one net success, Sam stages it down to nothing
On 9 Sam aims to counterattack
On 2 Bruce attacks, TN5
Sam counterattacks, TN2
Result: Sam has 4 net sucesses, Bruce is knocked out.
There's a case where the higher skill beats the same speed.
Sommers
"Hey, this is better than actually getting some work done."
