| From: | Gurth gurth@******.nl |
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| Subject: | ATTN ROB- Slivergun erratta? |
| Date: | Wed, 10 Mar 1999 12:10:25 +0100 |
the street was...
> > It doesn't list the Viper as SA/BF because that hadn't been invented back
> > then (the RBB introduced that, and made no mention of the Viper being a
> > special case). However, you will find that the Viper has the flechette
> > ammo modifications applied to its Damage Code, and caused 2M3 damage in
> > SR1 (light pistols did 3M2, flechette causes -1 Power, +1 Staging).
>
> I find it interesting that (given my understanding of SR1 damage
> codes), SR1 Flechete ammo did less damage (given that a skilled shooter
> would need more successes to stage damage up)
True. With SR1 staging rules, what you want is a weapon with high Staging
if you have a low skill and/or a target with a high Body, while highly-
skilled shooters should try and find a weapon with low Staging. A hold-out
(4L1) can be lethal in the hands of someone with a high skill, simply
because every success stages up the damage by one level. OTOH someone with
a low skill had better go for something like an assault rifle (5M3) with
explosive ammo (making it 5M5).
> and was BETTER at penetrating armor (SR1 armor provides damage
> resistance successes, and you would need more armor to stage flechette
> damage down).
I think the better armor-piercing capabilities are a somewhat undesired
side-effect, because of the way it provides automatic successes in SR1.
The main intention seems to be that they cause nastier wounds, which will
be more difficult to stage down (resulting in the +1 Staging). Armor
helping out here is more a break in the system than intentional, IMHO.
(BTW, in SR1, you either used one-half Ballistic or double Impact,
whichever was higher, against flechettes.)
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