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spica2501
post Jun 10 2008, 11:18 PM
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While shadow running last night, my runner group had to sneak into a facility that was guarded by both astral mages and red samurai. It would have been easy to hide from one or the other, but not both at the same time. This situation brought up the point that it is extremely hard to stealth kill astral mages when they project in groups because weapon foci are melee only and engaging them in astral combat or mana bolting them is fairly conspicuous. Someone, I don't remember who, suggested that one make a single arrow or bullet into a weapon focus so that it would be dual natured, and therefore able to shoot astral mages (though, since it is not a melee attack, the focus' rating wouldn't add to the attack). If this does work it would be very expensive, seeing as each bullet would cost several thousand nuyen, and one would have to make said bullets out of tungsten or depleated uranium so that the bullet would not deform upon impact and therefore be recoverable using an implanted RFID tag.

My question is, would a weapon focus bullet/arrow work?
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- spica2501   Weapon focus bullets   Jun 10 2008, 11:18 PM
- - Jaid   yes and no. you could whack a spirit with the bul...   Jun 10 2008, 11:30 PM
- - WeaverMount   There are a lot of threads on this topic if you se...   Jun 10 2008, 11:31 PM
- - Naysayer   Weapon Foci are melee wapons. Always have been, al...   Jun 10 2008, 11:35 PM
- - lunchbox311   Ranged weapon foci have been brought up in other t...   Jun 10 2008, 11:49 PM
- - hyzmarca   Don't forget that bonding cost is based on rea...   Jun 11 2008, 02:25 AM
|- - lunchbox311   QUOTE (hyzmarca @ Jun 10 2008, 08:25 PM) ...   Jun 11 2008, 04:35 AM
- - Aaron   How about this: build a high-rating ward around a ...   Jun 11 2008, 02:56 AM
- - Daier Mune   I've tried as hard as i can to figure out a wa...   Jun 11 2008, 04:47 AM
|- - HentaiZonga   QUOTE (Daier Mune @ Jun 10 2008, 09:47 PM...   Jun 11 2008, 06:36 AM
- - masterofm   For what you intend to do? Short answer no, long ...   Jun 11 2008, 07:19 AM
- - Siege   Unless the weapon involves rope or chain - a bullw...   Jun 11 2008, 11:37 AM
- - Stahlseele   wanna hunt really big? harpoon weapon focus! ...   Jun 11 2008, 12:34 PM
- - Daier Mune   QUOTE (HentaiZonga @ Jun 11 2008, 01:36 A...   Jun 11 2008, 02:08 PM
- - Stahlseele   drag it down into a small enchanted container . . ...   Jun 11 2008, 02:16 PM
- - Magus   No NO No NO. There are no magical range weapons in...   Jun 11 2008, 02:58 PM
|- - Stahlseele   QUOTE (Magus @ Jun 11 2008, 04:58 PM) No ...   Jun 11 2008, 03:06 PM
|- - Magus   QUOTE (Stahlseele @ Jun 11 2008, 10:06 AM...   Jun 11 2008, 03:41 PM
- - spica2501   I had actually brought up a spirit possessing a ra...   Jun 11 2008, 03:26 PM
- - Jackstand   http://forums.dumpshock.com/index.php?showtopic=22...   Jun 11 2008, 03:32 PM
- - Stahlseele   i don't follow?   Jun 11 2008, 03:57 PM
- - Magus   It was a saying that was popular on some of the th...   Jun 11 2008, 04:09 PM


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