From:	Nexx <nexx@********.NET>
Subject:	Re: Variable Staging (Was "Old Age Runners")
Date:	Thu, 7 May 1998 16:07:21 -0500

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> From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
> > Armor reducing power was a good idea, though, rather than automatic
> > resistance successes. (Heretic, I know. I'm not *THAT* old, just 26.).
>
> A combination of the two would work very well, I think -- keep the
revised
> Power Levels of SRII and the way armor works, but add in the Staging
rules
> of SR1.

I agree (and I'm not even an old guy <g>). After all, which bullet is
going to be easier to shrug off: the hold out pistol bullet the size of
the last joint of my pinky, or the coke-can sized shell of a Panther
Cannon? Sure, that's partially damage code, but its a lot easier to miss
vital organs with a tiny shell that leaves a small hole than a huge shell
that leaves a hole the size of a basketball.

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