| From: | "Mike (Leszek Karlik)" <trrkt@******.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Bows and crossbows |
| Date: | Sun, 20 Jul 1997 02:13:38 +0000 |
I have recently created a character who has no Firearms skill, and
his main weapon (well, besides his hands and knives) is a bow. And,
when reviewing the SR rules concerning archery, I saw that bows were
severely shortchanged in comparison to crossbows.
I am talking about the rate of fire, which is the same in both cases
(simple action to ready and simple action to shoot). This is
ludicrous. After all, the main advantage of the bow was it's high
rate of fire...
So, I came up with this simple solution: make the readying of a bow
a free action (though I think this would require easy acces to
arrows, like stuck in the ground before you, or in a quiver on your
hip). This way, you get 3 shots from a bow each 2 combat phases,
whereas you get 2 shots from a crossbow each 2 combat rounds.
This makes bow slower then SA weapons (figures), faster then SS
weapons (kinda figures, too) and faster then crossbows (which are
still too fast... Maybe make readying a crossbow a complex action,
and increase the power slightly to reflect the power of your average
x-bow).
Oh, yeah, and arrows and bolts are resisted by Impact armor (I hope
this written somewhere...)
I also hope this is not one of the "once a week" topics on this
list... (It was not in the FAQ, anyway)...
Oh, yeah, the newbie intro (I hate that part):
Hello. I'm a newbie to this RPG biz. I joined this list 'cause I just
started playing ShadowRun. This is a really cool game, and makes for
a nice change after my four months AD&D campaign. At least I could
retire my level 19/19/19 Drow Fighter/Mage/Cleric that had attained
demigod status... I'm currently creating a similar character for SR.
My main complaint is that I have only one A category... This creation
system is Dumb. (And is there a ShadowRun Drow race? And what is this
funny "munchkin" term some people use on the Internet?).
<grin, duck & run>
Mike (Leszek Karlik): http://www.wlkp.top.pl/~bear/mike/index.htm
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