From:	Justin Pinnow <jpinnow@*****.EDU>
Subject:	Re: nunchucks
Date:	Tue, 17 Dec 1996 07:41:45 -0500

BulletShower wrote:

> Said MENARD Steve <menars@***.UMONTREAL.CA> the other day:

> > > STUN DAMAGE??? Are you kidding? I would hardly call it stun when they
> > > shatter skulls and break arms!

> > The same can be said for many waepons in SR, inclusing the club ans
> > staff. Either the nunchaku has Stun damage or you have to change the
> > damage codes for the other weapons too.

> I'd strongly advise to do so. There are hardly any weapons that do
> stun damage only. If I played using dice (which I don't, have I
> already mentioned it ;) ), I'd rule that someone with a STR of 3 and
> over who uses a stun-damage weapon, does *lethal* damage rather than
> stun.

I guess you missed some of the posts on this topic. NO ONE has claimed
that blunt weapons do stun damage ONLY. ALL stun weapons in SR have the
potential to do physical damage. This is what overflow damage is for.
(This is why several people have highly recommended using overflow
damage rules) Also, the stun damage applies just as many modifiers as
physical damage does, so combat is affected similarly, as it should be.
NO ONE is arguing that you can't kill someone with a blunt weapon,
rather that edged weapons do physical damage a bit more easily than
blunt ones.

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Justin
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