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Best firearms rules

Started by Hairfoot, June 30, 2009, 01:13:41 AM

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#15
July 01, 2009, 02:23:17 PM
Agreed, Balbinus. The death spiral is bullshit.

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#16
July 01, 2009, 02:35:44 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;311207Agreed, Balbinus. The death spiral is bullshit.

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Our take on things was to deal with only the immediate effects of trauma on combat - while *in* combat.  Things like a broken bone would cause you to drop your weapon, and if an artery was pierced then the person would start to bleed to death, but other than those things the specifics of the trauma weren't covered in combat.  Instead we chose to let the descriptions and details of a specific trauma be elements of how good or how bad the medicine roll to fix it was.  A bad roll meant that there were lots of complications, while a good roll meant that it was a relatively clean wound.

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#17
July 01, 2009, 02:42:59 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;311207Agreed, Balbinus. The death spiral is bullshit.

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Our take on things was to deal with only the immediate effects of trauma on combat - while *in* combat.  Things like a broken bone would cause you to drop your weapon, and if an artery was pierced then the person would start to bleed to death, but other than those things the specifics of the trauma weren't covered in combat.  Instead we chose to let the descriptions and details of a specific trauma be elements of how good or how bad the medicine roll to fix it was.  A bad roll meant that there were lots of complications, while a good roll meant that it was a relatively clean wound.

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#18
July 01, 2009, 03:35:39 PM
Quote from: Imperator;311013Blue Planet has the best combat system I ever found, including firearms. Really, check it out, specially the paragraph in which the authors explain the logic behind the wound system. It's beautiful.
What makes it so good? I found it once in a library, I borrowed it and read the setting part, but I didn't read the system (something weird, because I'm more interested in systems than in settings, well, whatever). Maybe I should have.
Grając zaś w grę komputerową, być może zdarzyło się wam zapragnąć zejść z wyznaczonej przez autorów ścieżki i, miast zabić smoka i ożenić się z księżniczką, zabić księżniczkę i ożenić się ze smokiem.

Nihil sine magno labore vita dedit mortalibus.

And by your sword shall you live and serve thy brother, and it shall come to pass when you have dominion, you will break Jacob's yoke from your neck.

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#19
July 01, 2009, 03:39:43 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;311207Agreed, Balbinus. The death spiral is bullshit.

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I'm not so sure. But I admit I do like death spirals, there's nothing sweeter than striking your opponent and realizing it hurt him.
Grając zaś w grę komputerową, być może zdarzyło się wam zapragnąć zejść z wyznaczonej przez autorów ścieżki i, miast zabić smoka i ożenić się z księżniczką, zabić księżniczkę i ożenić się ze smokiem.

Nihil sine magno labore vita dedit mortalibus.

And by your sword shall you live and serve thy brother, and it shall come to pass when you have dominion, you will break Jacob's yoke from your neck.

Dios, que buen vasallo, si tuviese buen señor!

Imperator

#20
July 01, 2009, 03:51:07 PM Last Edit: July 01, 2009, 03:51:22 PM by Imperator
Quote from: Claudius;311221What makes it so good? I found it once in a library, I borrowed it and read the setting part, but I didn't read the system (something weird, because I'm more interested in systems than in settings, well, whatever). Maybe I should have.
I'll try to answer tomorrow, it would be a bit lengthy.
My name is Ramón Nogueras. Running now Vampire: the Masquerade (Giovanni Chronicles IV for just 3 players), and itching to resume my Call of Cthulhu campaign (The Sense of the Sleight-of-Hand Man).

Claudius

#21
July 01, 2009, 04:01:00 PM
Thank you! :) Take your time.
Grając zaś w grę komputerową, być może zdarzyło się wam zapragnąć zejść z wyznaczonej przez autorów ścieżki i, miast zabić smoka i ożenić się z księżniczką, zabić księżniczkę i ożenić się ze smokiem.

Nihil sine magno labore vita dedit mortalibus.

And by your sword shall you live and serve thy brother, and it shall come to pass when you have dominion, you will break Jacob's yoke from your neck.

Dios, que buen vasallo, si tuviese buen señor!

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#22
July 02, 2009, 02:37:20 AM
The best firearm rules I saw for simplicty are D20's.
For "grittiness" without being pointless, its T20 Traveller.

Though I'm now increasingly being won over to Aces & Eights.

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