| From: | P Ward <P.Ward@**.CF.AC.UK> |
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| Subject: | Re: Magic or Tech... |
| Date: | Tue, 4 Apr 1995 14:36:34 BST |
Feanor said :
> No samies are *much* more deadly than mages. A simple example can illustrate
> this. A mage casting manaball has a TN equall to the willpower of the target
> (this means a 5 - 6 when dealing with someone of any worth) and risks damaging
> himself. A sammie has a TN of 2 (almost) anytime (almost) anyplace. A mage
> with a sorcery of 6 (pretty standard) get to roll force-of-spell-dice+allocate
> pool-dice this summ will almost invariably be less than 12 even if the spell
> is of force 6. A Sammie with a skill of 6 always gets his base 6 dice + any
> pool dice (a samies combat pool ranges for 7-9 dice for starters). Needless
> to say that a sammie doesnt have to worry about drain and its in his best
> interest to use all the available pool dice to kill his opponent ASAP. This
> is an (nearly) constant 12 dice.
I do agre that mages do have a problem taking out hard targets (Willpoewr 5/6),
but then you shouldn;t see those people too often.
Sammy with a TNo of 2, your GM must not know too much about tactics, I started
out like that, now what with PC's hjiding behind the fikrrst available bit of
cover, and lofting smoke, it's always a base of 8, and that's without calling
a head shot to ensure that the other guy goes down first time.
How come this argument is all combat oriented, both Mage and Sammy can be real
interesting from a role-playing POV.
I don;t wanna know who can kicks the other's ass, I wanna know who can do the
mission, preferably with the least possible amount of violence. My PC's just
killed two police officers in cold blood in the FRFZ, and then shot it out with
SWAT, they're hurting, loe on ammo (there building/vehicles got destroyed), and
they still have six days to go before they can deliver there target. If they don't
start thinking with their brains rather than pulling the wagons in a circle and
waiting for the indians to ride round them (They're in the sioux sector, and two
PC's are indian, so no funny comments) They're going to be killed, police
don't take cop-killers prisoner.
It's not who can kick ass the best, it's the fun, and I enjoy my character's
not getting waseted in a fire-fight.
Phil (Runs-With-The-Pack) Who tends to use Acid-Bomb for laying down smoke cover,
because it's crap.
