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From: Tony Rabiola <rabiola@**.NETCOM.COM>
Subject: Re: Assorted Suggestions
Date: Fri, 26 Dec 1997 09:38:51 -0600
On 12/25/97 09:36:02 you wrote:
>
>At 11:21 25/12/97 -0500, you wrote:
>>>> While Variable Staging does add something to the variance of weapons
>>>> availble, it takes a bit more time to learn and slows things down a
>>>> bit...
>>>
>>>Not much though, IMO.
>>
>>It doesn't add much, or doesn't slow things down much?
>
>I believe Gurth means it doesn't slow things down much.
>Memorizing which gun does which damage isn't that hard, and there's room on
>most character sheets to jot it down if needed.
>
>And in game, I don't see much of a slowdown. Staging is a pretty simple
>concept already, and a variable in it doesn't change it all that much.
>
I always liked the idea of variable staging numbers for those same reasons. GM's that
feel that
harried can always use 'generic' stagings of 2 to make things simple.

Argent

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