| From: | Tom Pendergrast <pendergr@***.EDU> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Alternate Rules for Autofire |
| Date: | Tue, 14 May 1996 18:25:56 -0700 (PDT) |
> above all, just overkill.
((Remember, autofire is SUPPOSED to be very lethal))
> First, the player determines which targets he wishes to shoot at.
> Say, there's two out there he wishes to mow down. The maximum spread in
> meters a character is able to cover in FA is Quickness+4 (those Elves).
<snip>
> He rolls 3D6 to determine the number of rounds fired (5D6 for minigun and
> super-light machine gun rates and yes - the rule of sixes will apply here
> if you wish) and gets 15 rounds. The number of rounds is then divided by
> the number of meters the targets are occupying (math says 15/3=5) which
> results in 5 bullets per meter.
<snip>
> The player then rolls his character's Firearms (or Gunnery if he
> brought something bigger) against a TN and taking cover, recoil modifiers,
> visibility modifiers to account.
<snip>
> Victim One's at a TN of (short range is 4 + recoil +4, 25% cover +2 MINUS
> smartlink -2, gas vent -2) 6 with the first 5 bullets,
<snip>
> Player rolls his Firearms of 4 (splitting up
> his combat pool for each target, of course) and gets 2 successes (keep
> tab of the rolls for an additional affect) for Victim One which stages it up
> from 8M to 8S, and only 1 for Victim Two.
<snip>
> Victim One gets nailed 3 out of the 5 rounds while Vitim Two only
> gets one. The target against the damage code for EVERY BULLET that hit
> them, so Victim One gets to roll 8S three times (!), and Victim Two
> at 8M once
<snip>
> Any comments, questions, suggestions, confessions are welcome
> here.
((The only problem I see witht these rules is time. There are alot of
rolls with this. SRII combat takes long enough as it is. In my group,
we've tried to minmize the number of rolls needed, and we have the
players take alot of the responsibility for rolls and calculation, so
things go faster. Other than time constraints, it looks good.))
---Tom---
