From:	Jonathan Hurley <jhurley1@************.EDU>
Subject:	Re: the uac dilemma (minor insect spirit spoilers!)
Date:	Tue, 22 Jul 1997 13:39:09 -0400

On Tuesday, July 22, 1997 14:21, Gurth[SMTP:gurth@******.NL] wrote:
>Justin Pinnow Wrote
> > I just don't see how a character with a willpower of 6 can whoop so
much
> > butt...I mean, he doesn't get to use his Combat Pool, because he's
using
> > Willpower, NOT Armed Combat to attack the bug. Thus, the PC should be
> > rolling 6 dice for Armed Combat, and the Bug should be rolling 8. Not
to
> > mention, the bug's armor against the sword...the PC should be toast.
>
> For the attack/defense tests, the Force 4 spirit has twice as many dice
as
> the player. Assuming it gets hit, it has natural armor in the order of
> 2 or 3 points, and a Body of around 6, plus those 4 Threat Rating dice.
> That should make it survive many armed and unarmed attacks, if you play
> them right.

As my players have learned, an assault rifle in FA mode tends to put bugs
down crunchy. (course, at 6-9 rounds of ammo per bug, they'd better be
carrying a few extra clips, and I penalize firearm use in close combat.)
Bugs *don't* have immunity to normal weapons as printed.

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Jonathan Hurley (mailto:jhurley1@************.edu)