| From: | Dave Sherohman <esper@*****.IMA.UMN.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Re: Lethality, etc. |
| Date: | Wed, 9 Jun 1993 18:44:25 -0500 |
>]armed/unarmed combat pool though, but those are for parrying only.
>I dunno... I think that the SR2 system works MUCH better with the Combat pool
>than with the other pools. And all the dice in the world doesn't matter if you
>don't have the skill to back it up! (remember... for attacking, the max # of
>dice you can toss in is equal to your skill. Trying to be "in the right
place"
>doesn't take a skill, but if you have either a faster attacker, or more than
>one, you're a fool to waste your whole pool all at one time.)
Actually, I've preserved the Armed/Unarmed Defense Pools from SR1 also and
done away with the mods for having more people in a melee; I think it works
better. (3 guys gang up on you; you've got a sword and Armed 6. The official
method lets you roll 6 dice to counterattack each of them, plus Combat Pool
dice, but at +2 on your Target Number. My way gives you 6 dice (once only -
not 6 per incoming attack!) plus Combat Pool with no TN increase.) Keeps
skill important, while also more accurately reflecting that if someone with
Wired-3 comes at an unboosted punk, the punk won't be able to react fast enough
to parry the flurry of incoming blows.
>ain't meant to be a flame. This note has SEVERELY messed me up. Why someone
>would play SR2 with DODGE POOLS is beyond me, but hey! more power to ya. Also,
Well, I consider Combat Pool resistance to be dodging. (Yes, I know that a
Definitive Statement has been made by Official Sources that Combat Pool is
not dodging. In my campaign it is anyhow, so there!)
>the Physad-Firearms. NOW, you have 12 natural dice for this guy. Considering
>that these dice are considered natural, as far as combat dice are concerned,
>you can add up to 12 dice from your combat pool. 6+6+8 dice to shoot. Give
Sorry, can't get that gross with it. Both the Combat Pool (SR2, p. 84) and
the PhysAd Improved Ability dice (p. 125) state that the level of the skill is
the most dice that can be added (from each source). So he could only use 18
dice, not 20. (Still pretty gross...)
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