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From: Gurth gurth@******.nl
Subject: Slightly off topic question
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 12:03:42 +0100
According to David Buehrer, at 14:39 on 23 Feb 99, the word on
the street was...

> Are you sure you're a GM? :)

I'm a GM who likes to give people a chance to accomplish anything they can
come up with, provided I can see a reason for it to work. Shooting at a
'Mech with a pistol I could see causing a point of damage, sure.

> I figure if a PC is confronted directly by a Mech and they don't run for it
> or surrender, then that's their problem.

That's true as well. (Also note that, if you do the math, BattleMech
weapons don't cause nearly the damage they should to MechWarrior
characters, BTW.)

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