| From: | Zixx <t_berghoff@*********.NETSURF.DE> |
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| Subject: | Re: SRII Lethality |
| Date: | Fri, 19 Dec 1997 18:37:37 +0000 |
> On 18 Dec 97, Zixx disseminated foul capitalist propaganda by
> writing:
>
> <snip>
> > Hmm...IIIRC, a single shot from an AR should kill you (5.56 NATO to
> > the chest is a Bad Thing!). 8M are not going to do that. A six round
>
> Well, the problem is, if the system is set up so that a single AR
> round will kill you, guns become Magical Wands of Kill-O-Zap Death.
> And what happened to the wounds from firearms? ;>
>
> The problem is that the system should model both the possibility of
> a .22 round accidentaly flying into your skull through your eye, or
> hitting your throat, and the possibility of a .45 HMG round just
> grazing your hand...
>
> Well, Shadowrun never handled the extremes very well... Not many
> systems do...
Personally I don't have that much problems with that anymore, as I'm useing
a hit location-system and simply tell the players what happens (i.e. "Your
hand get's shot off", "You see a flash of light and suddenly you find
yourself in a giant white room and an old man with white clothes and a
white beard says "Welcome to heaven, son.""....though I'd say that
"Welcome to hell" is more likely with most PCs)
If they survive the fight I tell them the actual damage. Works pretty well,
though it's very much like diceless roleplaying...
Tobias Berghoff a.k.a Zixx a.k.a. Charon, your friendly werepanther physad.
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