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From: Kelly Martin <kelly@*******.BLOOMINGTON.IN.US>
Subject: Re: New Rule
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 1995 23:47:03 EST5
"Robert" == Robert Schaftlein <robert@****.UTS.EDU.AU> writes:

Robert> How do youz like this one? Your target number for hitting
Robert> opponents in ranged or melee combat is reduced by the number
Robert> of extra goes you have compared to the other person.

Robert> eg. Street Sam goes on 23, Mage goes on 18. Street Sam has 3
Robert> goes...Mage has 2. Therefore the Sammy has -1 to all his
Robert> target numbers to shoot or hit Mage...

Robert> The idea behind this rule is that the faster person has so
Robert> much more speed and is able to lay into his opponent who is
Robert> slower to react and hence dodge/avoid any attacks the faster
Robert> person makes.

Robert> To the faster person it almost seems like the opponent is
Robert> going in slow motion...

ack, no. already players with high initiative have a sizable
advantage; this will make it ridiculous.

have you playtested this yet?

k.
--
kelly martin <kelly@*******.bloomington.in.us>

I could tell by his slurred speech, the heavy glaze over his eyes,
and his inability to stand straight that he was under the influence
of a powerful narcotic. That, or he was a graduate student.

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