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Message no. 1
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Lars Wagner Hansen)
Subject: Staging (was: 1st Ed Book - Need Conversions)
Date: Wed Jun 19 17:20:01 2002
From: "Gurth" <Gurth@******.nl>
<Snip staging rules>
> They also make hold-out pistols sort of useful again. Yes, they only do
> 4L1, but at least every success stages the damage up by a level, which can
> make them pretty dangerous if you only get a few more successes than the
> target.

So with a normal HOP you just need 4 net successes to kill your target.

Now I want to fill the HOP with Explosive ammo, and suddenly I need 8 net
successe to kill the same target.

That's why the variable staging rules made no sense at all.

Lars
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Message no. 2
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Gurth)
Subject: Staging (was: 1st Ed Book - Need Conversions)
Date: Thu Jun 20 13:25:04 2002
According to Lars Wagner Hansen, on Wed, 19 Jun 2002 the word on the street was...

> So with a normal HOP you just need 4 net successes to kill your target.
>
> Now I want to fill the HOP with Explosive ammo, and suddenly I need 8 net
> successe to kill the same target.

True, but the target also needs a lot more successes to not have any damage at
all. Which makes explosive ammo something you can use if you want to wound
someone but not kill them :) Or to use against targets that are too tough to kill
anyway, but which you can at least try to wound.

> That's why the variable staging rules made no sense at all.

I wouldn't go that far. Probably the best way to do it, is to say all weapons
need 2 successes to be staged up, but the Staging number of the Damage Code in
order to be staged down by one level.

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Message no. 3
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Lars Wagner Hansen)
Subject: Staging (was: 1st Ed Book - Need Conversions)
Date: Wed Jun 26 15:30:01 2002
From: "Gurth" <Gurth@******.nl>
> According to Lars Wagner Hansen, on Wed, 19 Jun 2002 the word on the
street was...
>
>> So with a normal HOP you just need 4 net successes to kill your target.
>>
>> Now I want to fill the HOP with Explosive ammo, and suddenly I need 8 net
>> successe to kill the same target.
>
>True, but the target also needs a lot more successes to not have any damage
at
> all. Which makes explosive ammo something you can use if you want to wound
> someone but not kill them :) Or to use against targets that are too tough
to kill
> anyway, but which you can at least try to wound.

You do know that it does sound a bit lame, don't you?

>> That's why the variable staging rules made no sense at all.
>
> I wouldn't go that far. Probably the best way to do it, is to say all
weapons
> need 2 successes to be staged up, but the Staging number of the Damage
Code in
> order to be staged down by one level.

At least that would make some sense.

But I still prefer the current rules.

Lars
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--
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sh++ ad++++ ri mc rk-- m- (e-- o t-- d-) gm+ M- P-
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Message no. 4
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Gurth)
Subject: Staging (was: 1st Ed Book - Need Conversions)
Date: Thu Jun 27 03:55:01 2002
According to Lars Wagner Hansen, on Wed, 26 Jun 2002 the word on the street was...

> You do know that it does sound a bit lame, don't you?

Sure, but it's a use :)

> At least that would make some sense.
>
> But I still prefer the current rules.

As the Dutch saying goes: tastes differ. I like having a couple more stats for
weapons and things, as it makes just that bit more difference between otherwise
similar ones, and gives players a few more options.

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