| From: | SilverFire <SSHERMAN@****.STEVENS-TECH.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Re: Why Close Combat really sucks |
| Date: | Sat, 24 Jun 1995 13:19:52 -0500 |
>
> It's a sad fact that guns are much better at killing people than melee
> weapons. It's also a sad fact that the maniac with the sword is a threat
> when he's within arm's reach, but the wimp with the pistol can kill you
> at twenty yards: and you can't block or parry bullets.
In real life I'm not sure who'd I pick, actually I might pick the
guy wtih the gun if he doesn't know what to do with it. The swordsman if
he is competent might be more dangerous and faster than me. Of course
either one is dangerous and I never want to be in that kind of situation.
> One point of note: blade fights in SR actually often go the way they
> do for real, with reasonably matched opponents: lots of block-block-parry
> (see Under Siege for a good example) but you're both getting cut about the
> hands and arms, and the one who bleeds fastest slows down and gets hurt
> more and more. (Knife fighting lessons from psycho Army sergeant-major,
> veracity uncertain). Compare that to the knock-out blow from a bullet.
>
> Realistically, melee combat is less lethal than firearms: it's also a lot
> more stylish, so I do encourage it in my games.
I wouldn't say that melee combat is less lethal. My street sam armed
with her monosword is more dangerous than with her Predator II. Again
like I said many people don't go for a high armed combat, if they go for
it at all. They sometimes have unarmed combat, but not very high. Most
people go for high firearms thinking that they can deal with the people
who use edged weapons before the edge-bearer gets to them. Evidently they
never encountered anyone with Wired-2 and Muscle Aug 3.
The PhysAd I mentioned in one of my previous posts is one of our
more effective ways of dealing with things like elementals and spirits.
What also helps is the fact that she's a vampire, which none of the
current characters know she is. Our characters are still baffled by the
fact that she walked away uninjured from a raid of four goons in heavy
security armor while my character and another were taken down before we
had a chance to do anything. We later learned that the goons were flesh
form insect spirits *sigh*, I hate insects. I know 'danes only inflict
willpower L damaged 'gainst elementals and spirits, but if you score enough
successes it makes them sit up and take notice of you. Depending on how
powerful it is, that's when you might be in deep drek.
Ciao
SilverFire
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Love could be so damn resilient, or it could be as fragile as glass. And like
broken glass, it could cut you so you bled to death. Love could be so damn
resilient.
Where does reality end and illusion begin?
Mary Rosenbaum
_Chimera_
