| From: | Starrngr@***.com Starrngr@***.com |
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| Subject: | summer running |
| Date: | Tue, 14 Sep 1999 03:13:13 EDT |
cybertroll@******.crosswinds.net writes:
> Well the Lined Coat in summer has one small problem. It's not the heat,
> it's not that the character will seat like a pig... It's the fact that a
> guy who is wearing a Lined Coat in summer, with a sun burning above at
> 40 C ( dunno how much in F this is, but it's bloody hot), will certainly
> draw much attention. The cops will probably say: "Oh another crazy
> runner trying to pass with his gun hidden under his lined coat in the
> middle of the summer :-)". When a player did that thing once in one of
> my games, I didn't bother to roll any perception checks vs the gun's
> concealability. I had them search him and of course arrest him
> immediately.
I dunno if I'd go that far personally, CT... I can think of some reasons why
someone would be wearing such a thing even if it was 40C (wich is 104 f or
so my good ol conversion software tells me) and not all of them fall under
the "crazy runner trying to hide his gun" category. Although most all of
them do have "crazy" in there somewhere. I do agree that it would definatly
cause the cops to give the charecter quite a bit more attention than they
normally would, however.
And that would only be during the day, anyway. At night there would be even
more reasons to wear said longcoat which have nothing to do with running.
Fortunatly, right now its Feb/March in the Cinciplex, so I guess he doesnt
have to worry about wearing his coat during the day for a couple of months
yet. Clearly, though, it sounds like the smart runner in a warm weather
environment would be well served to only wear his armor (and for them, form
fitting armor under the clothes is your best bet) while he is "working" and
would in general expect to be shot at (and even then would prefer to do most
of said work at night when its cooler!)
