| From: | shadowrn@*********.com (BD) |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Riddle me this. |
| Date: | Thu Sep 6 18:25:01 2001 |
> By the text you give (didn't check myself), it could only be that the
> TOTAL
> limit for mods to an armor jacket is 8, and the limit of each is 5. I
> can't
> see why the limit of each would be 4; the limit of each mod is simply the
> higest rating the armor has.
Yeah, I've come around to that POV. Thanks!
Mongoose wrote:
> I'd say to use the SR3 items when available- firearms acessories have
> been
> around forever, and there nothing in CC that makes them illegal to use.
> On the other hand, there may be some benefit to using the "modification"
> instead of the "accessory"; a silencer "modification" might weigh
less,
> be more concelaable, or whatever.
Iridios wrote:
> If you buy an external silencer it's 500. If you buy an integral
> silencer upgrade kit, it's 800. That's how I read the rules. The
> weapon modifications are not external add ons but actual modifications
> to the frame of the gun.
This still seems like a bit of a gray area since the mods section implies
that you can make the mod internal (and thus permanent) or external (and
removable). But it's not worth thinking too much over, I believe; I don't
see a problem with using SR3 gear as add-ons. The only difference might be
in 'flavour' as Mongoose suggested; the 3rd-party silencer looks like it
was tacked on, the integral scope balances better, etc.
Iridios wrote:
> You got this one on the nose. If you are wondering why a AK-97 can't
> take an internal smartgun link, consider that it is based, and not very
> loosely, on the AK-47 which doesn't have a lot of excess room for
> modifications.
So you're in support of only certain weapons allowing internal
smartlinks. Cool.
Mongoose wrote:
> Again, I'd say that only applies to mods not perviously offered in SR3.
> Since the base books allows all weapons to have an integral smartlink,
> I'd let the AK-97 have one.
Yeah, that's one way to go; I guess that would use the 'Increased FCU'
argument.
> On the other hand, if your willing to do the work, it does add a cool bit
> of flavor if only certain guns can be internally smart- and it might make
> external links more popular! All it would take is figuring out the FCU
> (if
> any) each "stock" gun has available, not a long list. I'm supprised CC
> didn't include such a list, and it would be nice to see something like
> that on Shadowrunrpg.com (poke poke).
Haw. Well, maybe I'll do that. Maybe not; like a little bird told me,
some of the guns don't reverse-engineer so well. :) We'll see. (For
interest's sake, I did do two... Streetline Special: smartlinkable, Walther
Palm Pistol: not.)
Anyway, thanks, Iridios and Mongoose, for your comments. It's good to
get some other opinions.
====-Boondocker
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