From:	Justin Pinnow <jpinnow@***.IM.MED.UMICH.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Why Close Combat Really Sucks
Date:	Mon, 26 Jun 1995 10:18:45 -0400

>> Trolls or folks with Katanas are quite deadly enough at damage =
>> strength, you can do 24S or so with the standard rules!, though i
>> admit your average ganger with knife is a real joke...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

> Maybe, but a ganger with a ball-peen hammer is another story
>entirely. ;)

>Marc


You're cruel, Marc. Just plain cruel. :P


>Heh, any ganger should be a laugh to a real runner, but they're not too
>everyone else..remember, a starting runner should be able to take on
>most regular people, even in groups and win.. including gangers, cops
>corp-sec, army, etc...

I would agree with you, but our friendly GM Marc seems to have a different
view of your standard npc...


I might as well share this (truly sad) story with you all, if for no other
reason just to show you how deadly Marc's campaign is....


My bodyguard character (the one we labored over for eons here on the mailer)
was protecting his client in this abandoned single story house. To make a
long story short (and believe me, it *is* a long story), a noise is heard
outside the front door. I go to investigate, and 2 gangers with ball-peen
hammers break in the door. I have my Guardian drawn and decide shooting them
while they charge me is probably a good idea. Nice thought. Well, gee, even
with my nice average starting skill of 8 in my pistol (specialized) (which I
am told is a respectable skill when compared to your average joe schmo with a
firearms skill) I miss my moving target. I get whacked upside the head by one
of the hammers, knocked to the ground, drop the gun and have to try to stand
up. While standing up (and popping my spurs) I get thwacked again (by the
second ganger)....I (a professionally trained bodyguard) got my ass whooped by
two teen-aged go gangers armed with ball-peen hammers. It was like no
contest...thwack thwack...9 boxes of stun. You would think that teen-aged
gangers were a little easier to deal with (especially when you have a
Guardian...), but not in this game, chummer. ;)

Sucks to me be ;)


Justin :)

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