From:	Antonio Luccini <renegde@*******.COM>
Subject:	Re: Sniping in SR
Date:	Sat, 30 May 1998 18:15:59 PDT

>One house rule that I have, that I`m considering implementing, is
>Skill-related Perception tests. I`ve always thought it odd that some
>tourist bozo with an Intelligence of 3 has an equal chance to spot the
>sniper as, say, a professional army sniper with an intelligence of 3.
>
>My rule allows the rolling of a related skill (at the GMs discretion).
>Every two sucesses on the skill test reduces the Perception target
>number by one. Rather like centering, really.
>
>So say you`re walking through a park.. You think someone`s watching
you,
>hidden in the shadows. You have high Stealth, so you know where you`d
>hide, if *you* were following you. You can spot the good hiding places,
>basically.
>
>Equally, if you had high firearms, you`d be allowed to roll that to
help
>with a perception test to spot a sniper. Note that this would be very
>much a GM call - if you were a mad-crazy-two-Uzis-and-spray sammy with
a
>firearms of eight, I wouldn`t allow it. If you were a canny ex-Army
>sniper with a firearms of six, maybe a Physad with Enhanced Centering
>for firearms, or a concentration in Sniper Rifles, I *would* allow it.
>In many situations it will be a GM call, based on the character`s
>background and the character type.
>
>Lady Jestyr
>Who`s dog tired from her new job - third day on the job and I`ve
already
>worked two days` overtime... whew...
> - I'm in touch with my Inner Klingon... -
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>
I like your idea! I think another point to conseder is that the average
tourist, or civilian for that matter, doesn't concern themselves with
where a sniper might be concealing themselves at any given time... I
have a few friends in the "real"(I use that term loosely when pertaining
it to them) world, who have taken it upon themselves to aquire much of
the skills that would be required of a modern day shadowrunner. They are
ALWAYS suspicious of someone trying to attack them in any form(why, I
have no idea, as no one seems to actually care...). Thus I can only
assume that a shadowrunner, who really has people after him or her day
in and day out, has a heightened state of awareness brought around by
intense paranoia. I think that we can then assume that shadowrunners are
always scanning the likely places of ambush, and their perception tests,
in my opinion, should reflect that. Any one else?

Renegade

"Don't worry about the bullet with your name on it. Worry about the
shrapnel marked 'occupant'!"

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