| From: | Brian Johnson <john0375@****.tc.umn.edu> |
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| Subject: | Re: weapons/willpower |
| Date: | Sat, 20 Jul 1996 17:26:20 -0500 (CDT) |
the stuff that works well, is : melee weapons (including reach?),
throwing weapons, bows
what don't work good: guns, explosives, etc. (anything I've forgot?)
I can't remember where Xbows fit into this...
and the whole 'technological modifications' seems to mean mostly SR era
advancements, not things like tempering, etc.
Meaning, Fineblades, Dikote, and other stuff don't count.
Specifically, why does the Crescent axe work better than MP 3?
Ok, one is an axe, and the other is a distance weapon,
of course, so is a bow.
Here's a possible: Raw muscle power is involved in the following:
Melee,
unarmed,
bows,
throwing.
That's it. Of course, someone has to tell me where crossbows are in this...
If I remember right, they're as good as the laser/gun.
Why? Well, if you go one way and have them work good,
you still have to crank back the string to shoot the bolt.
if they don't work, it'd be because (just one view) that the string sits
there for a while before you fire, failing that, your muscles/will are
not involved at the moment of release (it's the same as a gun at this point)
comments?
