| From: | Keith Duthie psycho@*********.co.nz |
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| Subject: | While we're on the topic of munchkins... |
| Date: | Sun, 22 Oct 2000 08:11:08 +1300 (NZDT) |
> One could make the same comment about your response though.
Really? Snipers and gangers are a common fact of life in some areas of
Seattle in 2060. Cyberzombies aren't AFAICT. Of course, my examples were a
little extreme, but...
> The first poster was using more powerful NPCs to take on his players... your
> suggestion is to instead use cheap shots (ie: the bullet to the back of the
> head) or to suprise them and take advantage of the situation (ie: the sniper
> rifle... a weapon with a very high damage code... suprise shot fired from a
> distance... So PCs get no combat pool... probably as popular as the bullet
> to the back of the head)
Who said it had to be a professional sniper? A normal person with average
skill sniping with a sports rifle will generally do well enough without
doing too well. And cheap shots should be used whenever appropriate,
however popular they are; I'm not saying they should be invariably fatal,
but if a runner is getting cocky and not being careful enough, then a
period of hospitalization can do wonders.
And the bullet to the back of the head could be from a light pistol
(especially if the area is an A zone). Just a friendly reminder to a
runner that gangers don't make good target practice ;-)
> Maybe what you should have suggested was: Tactics and brains... something
> the NPCs should have in the first place.
That goes without saying. The smartest tactic is surprise, which was
unfortunately the only example I gave.
<snip some excellent examples of use of tactics>
> -Have NPCs suprise the players... waiting in ambush... sneaking up on
> them... invisibility spell... silence spell... stealth... etc... roll for
> suprise checks... PCs will probably be more keen on losing their combat pool
> if they are snuck up on... not if some Lone Star sniper 1œ Kilometers away
> takes a shot at them.
Why would Lone Star use a sniper unless the team was already badly hosed?
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