joegun
Journeyman Douchebag
Posts: 249
Preferred Game Systems: Savage Worlds
Currently Playing: Just GM'ing right now.
Currently Running: Rippers Resurrected, and Savage RIFTS!
Favorite Species of Monkey: Baboon
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Post by joegun on Feb 26, 2012 23:08:19 GMT -8
Interesting family you have there jpk ... I've found them to be a mixed bag. They were nice enough to alert my mother when I fell out of the car and she was about to run over my head when I was a little kid. Then again, my sister once held my popcorn ransom at a dusk-to-dawn drive-in marathon until I took enough speed to "stay awake enough to be worth the ticket," my great uncle staple-gunned me in the chest, and my aunt intentionally gave me scabies so she wouldn't have to suffer alone. Definitely a mixed bag. I don't think i will ever complain about my family ever again!
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maxinstuff
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Preferred Game Systems: DCC RPG, Shadowrun 5e, Savage Worlds, GURPS 4e, HERO 6e, Mongoose Traveller
Favorite Species of Monkey: Proboscis
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Post by maxinstuff on Mar 13, 2012 17:58:55 GMT -8
Haha. I was about to suggest that if you've got 1 bystander, rolling a 1 hits them instead. With 2, then rolling 1 or 2, etc. etc. direct correlation. And this sounds like it would balance with the gang-up rules quite nicely
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Post by FrostyTheThrikreen on Jun 28, 2012 21:24:56 GMT -8
The rules as written also allow autofire into melee, using the same hit another target on a 1 rule. Does anyone else feel this is too lenient? I dont think the one is enough deterrant.
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jpk
Apprentice Douchebag
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Post by jpk on Jun 28, 2012 21:54:36 GMT -8
The rules as written also allow autofire into melee, using the same hit another target on a 1 rule. Does anyone else feel this is too lenient? I dont think the one is enough deterrant. Well, possibly because those aren't the rules as written? If you're firing a shotgun or on full auto, you have the chance to hit an innocent bystander on a 1 or 2 on the die. If the average guy has a d6 Shooting, that's a 33% chance of a miss hitting someone else. Of course, the core philosophy of the game is that you'll apply Setting Rules to evoke the particular feel of the campaign you want to run. If you want a game where far more "innocents" get shot, add in a Setting Rule that bystanders are hit on a 1-2 normally, 1-3 for autofire or shotguns. It's just that easy. ;-)
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Post by FrostyTheThrikreen on Jun 29, 2012 11:26:09 GMT -8
Good catch jpk! I read those late last night. But I think I will discourage autofire into melee with one of your options.
Thanks!
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Post by gandalftheplaid on Jun 29, 2012 18:43:26 GMT -8
JPK's a good resource. Also he might be cheating and asking Clint from time to time. #BaselessAccusation
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jpk
Apprentice Douchebag
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Post by jpk on Jul 2, 2012 10:44:25 GMT -8
JPK's a good resource. Also he might be cheating and asking Clint from time to time. #BaselessAccusation Thanks. Sadly, Clint doesn't recognize my unbridled rules genius quite as often as I think he ought to, so it's usually just me. I do sometimes double-check the actual book just to make sure I've not dreamed up an answer wholecloth, though. Sometimes.
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