From:	GRANITE <granite@**.net>
Subject:	Re: Sleeping in armor
Date:	Mon, 16 Sep 1996 16:07:38 -0700

Richard Jury wrote:
> >I finally ended up ruling that sleeping in armor (heavy balistic plates,
> >unforgiving boady-armor, etc.) would be too damn uncomfortable, except
> >for maybe the toughest street sam.
> >

I don't know that I would penalize a player for this..During Desert
Shield/Storm I was stationed in Berlin,GE during this entire time I was
placed on guard duty for my site..Anyway during this time we spent 14-16 hour
days on duty and the whole time was spent wearing a Flak-jacket..During
breaks we were allowed to catch a few Zs..Nobody had any trouble sleeping in
their F-jackets..Granted a F-jacket is designed for a different purpose than
a bullet resistant jacket..A F-jacket though is approx 1 inch thick, when
first issued if very stiff and even after it becomes broken in is still quite
stiff..When it was all over and we were supposed to turn the F-jackets in
nobody wanted to as we had become quite comfortable in them..and without them
felt..vulnerable..It was kinda weird..I just thought I would throw this RL
experiance in to shed that sort of light on the subject...


> I would have a REALLY sexy lady walk in, tease the guy, then walk off
> saying "Damn, its gonna take you too long to get outta that
> suite..later chummer" :)
> Of course, my players tend to find that sort of thing annoying..and next
> game, I bet 100¥ they will be sleeping butt-naked
>

I used this sort of setup on one of my players before too..The player in
question as well as his PC were preoccupied with what he liked to term
"Hooter Women" anyway one time I decided to oblige him in a bar scene..
Player asks "Are there any Hooter Women in this place?"..Yes at the bar is
one sitting on a stool..PC approachs female in question and asks if he can
buy her a drink..Female slowly looks up in a glassy eyed stare and slurrs
"SSure.." As the PC looks to the bar tender to order the female Yaks all down
the PC's front..It didn't get the PC off of the subject he was simply more
cautious about drunk women from then on.. :) It is a little hard to strike a
lucrative deal with Mr. Johnson when you stink like he did...
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