| From: | Paul Jonathan Adam <Paul@********.DEMON.CO.UK> |
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| Subject: | Re: With all this new stuff. |
| Date: | Thu, 21 Sep 1995 17:30:16 GMT |
> BTW do you guys think that the availability ratings of many items are far
> too low? I mean take APCS ammo for example, it has a rating of 14, this
> (for a well versesed -etiquette 6- runner that *just has* to get it) is
> an achievable TN. Given the fact that a runner waits around for a month
> or so between runs given him the chance to try his look a few times,
> and even if thats not enough he can wait around for a coupla months more.
> He will get the stuff eventually believe me.
An Etiquette of 6 is pretty damned high, remember. This person is connected:
(s)he has contacts, acquaintances, a web of markers and favours.
Let the player have APDS. Not many PCs have it... because it's distinctive.
Not many fixers sell it. In fact, it can lead right back to you.
Play up the disadvantages of it (rounds don't stop, they go through almost
anything... have a few non-combatants in the house across the street badly
hurt by the player's suppressive fire on those Aztechnology bozos. Guess
what? "Psycho Shadowrunner Guns Down Family!" headlines, and lots of people
out to get you.)
> Anyway I was thinking of raising the availability of many items,
> especially such items as APDS ammo.
Oh, no. Let them have it! Give them cases of the stuff! (Making them pay
through the nose, of course). And make sure they either use it with caution,
or pay the penalty. Even in our powergamed/munchkin (choose your term)
campaign, PCs usually only use APDS as "one clip for armoured vehicles" and
the like. We did have a run where two PCs used *only* APDS, but then they were
using assault rifles on enemies in military armour... it was APDS or AVMs...
--
"When you have shot and killed a man, you have defined your attitude towards
him. You have offered a definite answer to a definite problem. For better
or for worse, you have acted decisively.
In fact, the next move is up to him." <R.A. Lafferty>
Paul J. Adam paul@********.demon.co.uk
