From:	"Bruce H. Nagel" <NAGELBH@******.ACS.MUOHIO.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Heavy pistol damage
Date:	Sun, 13 Jul 1997 01:40:22 -0500

You wrote:
> >Which many SR char's *are*, and do need the firepower due to the prevalence of
> >armor among corp- and underworld types.

> No argument there, it's just jarring when you see Body 2, Strength 1
> characters (a rigger) using a Ruger Super Warhawk.

Tell him about how much he hurts his hand, let him roleplay finding a smaller,
more reasonable gun. This is a roleplaying game, the rules can't do it all.
Even Rolemaster didn't take care of everything, and it tried pretty blamed hard
to.

And if he argues 'The rules don't say I can't'... tell him to do the math. Big
people sometimes don't like the big magnums because of the kick, let alone
scrawny folks. This is really common sense, and doesn't need to be spelled out
in the rules. If the GM realizes it's silly, he lets the players know, and if
they continue packing Magnums, let them hurt their hands, suffer T# penalties,
whatever if game mechanics are the only things that move them.

losthalo